In what order does Apache evaluate `RedirectRule` when provided by virtual host, directory context and .htaccess?

Question

I have several RewriteRule inside <VirtualHost>, inside the <Directory> directive which belongs to the web root of said <VirtualHost> and inside .htaccess of that directory.

Question: In what order does Apache 2.4 evaluate those RewriteRules?

I tried to read Apache Docs - How the sections are merged, but I am lost and I am not sure if the rules given in that section apply to RewriteRule.

My simplified Apache config looks like this

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName www.my-domain.tld ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs RewriteEngine on RewriteRule "^/something" "/somewhat" RewriteRule "^/something-else" "/foo" </VirtualHost> <Directory "/var/www/htdocs"> Require all granted AllowOverride All Options FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule "^something" "nothing" RewriteRule "^something-else" "bar" DirectoryIndex index.html </Directory> 

and the .htaccess

 RewriteEngine on RewriteRule "^foo" "bar" RewriteRule "^nothing" "something" 

In particular, the following aspects confuses me:

• .htaccess is said to overwrite <Directory>, does this mean that any RewriteRule inside <Directory> is completely ignored as if it was not there at all as soon as there is a single RewriteRule inside .htaccess?
• Sections inside <VirtualHost> are said to be evaluated after any other section in order to allow overwriting. IMHO, this statement does not make sense in case of RewriteRule (or is at least confusing), because an earlier rewrite rule "wins".