lib/models/plugin-registry.js
function(config, aliasMap, pluginInstances) {
    var self = this;

    pluginInstances.forEach(function(instance) {
      if (instance.runBefore) {
        var befores = self._castArray(instance.runBefore);
        config = self._mergeAuthorProvidedOrderWithConfigOrder('before', instance.name, befores, config, aliasMap);
      }

      if (instance.runAfter) {
        var afters = self._castArray(instance.runAfter);
        config = self._mergeAuthorProvidedOrderWithConfigOrder('after', instance.name, afters, config, aliasMap);
      }
    });

    var aliases = this._flattenAliasMap(aliasMap);

    var configNames = Object.keys(config).reduce(function(arr, key) {
      arr.push(key);

      var befores = self._castArray(config[key].before);
      var afters = self._castArray(config[key].after);

      return arr.concat(befores).concat(afters);
    }, [])
    .reduce(function(arr, key) {
      if (arr.indexOf(key) === -1) {
        arr.push(key);
      }
      return arr;
    }, []);

    var unknownConfigKeys = _.difference(configNames, aliases);

    if (unknownConfigKeys.length) {
      this._logUnknownPlugins(unknownConfigKeys, 'config.pipeline.runOrder');
    }

    return config;
  }
function(config, aliasMap, pluginInstances) {
    var self = this;

    pluginInstances.forEach(function(instance) {
      if (instance.runBefore) {
        var befores = self._castArray(instance.runBefore);
        config = self._mergeAuthorProvidedOrderWithConfigOrder('before', instance.name, befores, config, aliasMap);
      }

      if (instance.runAfter) {
        var afters = self._castArray(instance.runAfter);
        config = self._mergeAuthorProvidedOrderWithConfigOrder('after', instance.name, afters, config, aliasMap);
      }
    });

    var aliases = this._flattenAliasMap(aliasMap);

    var configNames = Object.keys(config).reduce(function(arr, key) {
      arr.push(key);

      var befores = self._castArray(config[key].before);
      var afters = self._castArray(config[key].after);

      return arr.concat(befores).concat(afters);
    }, [])
    .reduce(function(arr, key) {
      if (arr.indexOf(key) === -1) {
        arr.push(key);
      }
      return arr;
    }, []);

    var unknownConfigKeys = _.difference(configNames, aliases);

    if (unknownConfigKeys.length) {
      this._logUnknownPlugins(unknownConfigKeys, 'config.pipeline.runOrder');
    }

    return config;
  }
Build up a hash of plugin instance execution order overrides.
This hash will only container an entry for instances that should run in a particular order. All other instances will be ordered by their natural
ordering.

Ordering of plugin instances can be specified by users of ember-cli-deploy via `config.pipeline.runOrder` and by plugin authors via `run{Before,After}`.
This function will attempt to merge the author defined run orders with the user defined ones.

Example return value:

{
foo: { before: ['bar'] },
baz: { after: ['boo', 'bom'] }
}