Don't sort directories first

[alex-courtis]

Discussed in #2311

^{Originally posted by kirasok July 9, 2023}
Is there way to make nvim-tree not to sort directories first?

Like this:

a/
a.txt
bcd/
bcd.txt
e.txt
rtx/

instead of

a/
bcd/
rtx/
a.txt
bcd.txt
e.txt
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[alex-courtis]

No such functionality exists; folders are always placed before files for all sorting methods.

It appears to be possible to add an option to change the 4 available sort methods.

An option: nvim-tree.sort_by_folders_first default true might be clearest.

[gegoune]

Shall we introduce sort key and nest those options there? Could move sort_by in there eventually too.

sort = {
  sorter = foo,
  group_directories = bool,

Or something like that. I just like good organisation. :)

[alex-courtis]

Yes! That would be much clearer.

There would be no backwards compatibility issues either, due to unique names. I'll update the PR.