mod_rewrite doc rebuild
@@ -1132,7 +1132,30 @@ matches in per-directory context.</li>
(including their regular expression counterparts), this
should never be necessary and is unsupported. A likely feature
to break in these contexts is relative substitutions.</li>
+
+<li>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#if">If</a></code> blocks
+follow the rules of the <em>directory</em> context.</li>
+
+<li>By default, mod_rewrite overrides rules when <a href="../sections.html#merging">
+merging sections</a> belonging to the same context. The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/rewrite.html#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></code> directive can change this behavior,
+for example using the <em>Inherit</em> setting.</li>
+
+<li>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/rewrite.html#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></code> also regulates the
+behavior of sections that are stated at the same nesting level of the configuration. In the
+following example, by default only the RewriteRules stated in the second
+<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#if">If</a></code> block
+are considered, since the first ones are overridden. Using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/rewrite.html#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></code> Inherit forces mod_rewrite to merge the two
+sections and consider both set of statements, rather than only the last one.</li>
</ul>
+<div class="example"><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;If "true"&gt;
+ # Without RewriteOptions Inherit, this rule is overridden by the next
+ # section and no redirect will happen for URIs containing 'foo'
+ RewriteRule foo http://example.com/foo [R]
+&lt;/If&gt;
+&lt;If "true"&gt;
+ RewriteRule bar http://example.com/bar [R]
+&lt;/If&gt;</pre>
+</div>
</div>
<p>For some hints on <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#regex" title="see glossary">regular
