berzniz/github_pr_tree

Sort order in tree structure does not match sort order in GitHub list

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#187 opened on Dec 2, 2021

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Description

GitHub displays files in a folder before files in a subfolder, the tree view shows the subfolders first. Example:

GitHub

Sources/Webservice/ProductFeedWebservice.swift
Sources/Webservice/Request/ProductFeedRequest.swift

Tree view

Sources/Webservice/Request/ProductFeedRequest.swift
Sources/Webservice/ProductFeedWebservice.swift

It's really confusing to me to be navigating the tree and having the GitHub display jump all around in a different order. If the current tree view sort order is an intentional feature (folders before files), consider an option to match the GitHub listing order?

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Inspect the sorting logic in the tree view component and compare with GitHub's default list order. Understand how items are sorted and implement an option to toggle between folder first and alphabetical order matching GitHub.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
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2
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1-3 hours
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