From 31771aa01d634fd4aba5131d2c56700482b7b2cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=BCrg=20Lehni?= <juerg@scratchdisk.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:47:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Insert results of boolean operations above whichever of the
 two paths appear further up in the stack.

---
 src/item/Item.js             | 10 ++++++++++
 src/path/PathItem.Boolean.js |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index 8e3718d5..122f4f2f 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -2664,6 +2664,16 @@ var Item = Base.extend(Emitter, /** @lends Item# */{
         return item ? item.isDescendant(this) : false;
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if the item is an a sibling of the specified item.
+     *
+     * @param {Item} item the item to check against
+     * @return {Boolean} {@true if the item is aa sibling of the specified item}
+     */
+    isSibling: function(item) {
+        return this._parent === item._parent;
+    },
+
     /**
      * Checks whether the item is grouped with the specified item.
      *
diff --git a/src/path/PathItem.Boolean.js b/src/path/PathItem.Boolean.js
index efa78650..ad92aed1 100644
--- a/src/path/PathItem.Boolean.js
+++ b/src/path/PathItem.Boolean.js
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ PathItem.inject(new function() {
                 true);
         // See if the CompoundPath can be reduced to just a simple Path.
         result = result.reduce();
-        result.insertAbove(path1);
+        // Insert the resulting path above whichever of the two paths appear
+        // further up in the stack.
+        result.insertAbove(path2 && path1.isSibling(path2)
+                && path1.getIndex() < path2.getIndex()
+                    ? path2 : path1);
         // Copy over the left-hand item's style and we're done.
         // TODO: Consider using Item#_clone() for this, but find a way to not
         // clone children / name (content).