Google Webmaster redirect vs 301 redirect

[CeCeBar]

OK assuming a client's website has the right tracking script (hopefully analytics isn't effected by this issue),

... what happens if the htaccess file has a 301 redirect to the www-address, but within Google Webmaster Tools, the address chosen to crawl by Google is the non-www address?

How will Google handle and which address takes precedence in this situation?

_Cindy

[lavellester]

More information can be found here regarding this setting and how it is used by Google.  It will help answer your question.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=44231

To be honest though I'd just update the GWT setting or the 301 so they are both the same...