Changes the file sort in the custom view

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 - Adds `gitlens.gitExplorer.enabled` setting to specify whether or not to show the `GitLens` custom view - closes [#144](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/144)
 
 ### Changed
+- Changes the sorting (now alphabetical) of files shown in the `GitLens` custom view
 - Changes the default of the `gitlens.gitExplorer.commitFormat` setting to add parentheses around the commit id
 - Removes many menu items from `editor/title` & `editor/title/context` by default -- can be re-enabled via the `gitlens.advanced.menus` setting
 

src/views/commitFileNode.ts

@@ -42,14 +42,7 @@ export class CommitFileNode extends ExplorerNode {
             }
         }
 
-        const label = (this.displayAs & CommitFileNodeDisplayAs.CommitLabel)
+        const item = new TreeItem(this.label, TreeItemCollapsibleState.None);
-            ? CommitFormatter.fromTemplate(this.getCommitTemplate(), this.commit, {
-                truncateMessageAtNewLine: true,
-                dataFormat: this.git.config.defaultDateFormat
-            } as ICommitFormatOptions)
-            : StatusFileFormatter.fromTemplate(this.getCommitFileTemplate(), this.status);
-
-        const item = new TreeItem(label, TreeItemCollapsibleState.None);
         item.contextValue = this.resourceType;
 
         const icon = (this.displayAs & CommitFileNodeDisplayAs.CommitIcon)
@@ -63,9 +56,25 @@ export class CommitFileNode extends ExplorerNode {
 
         item.command = this.getCommand();
 
+        // Only cache the label for a single refresh
+        this._label = undefined;
+
         return item;
     }
 
+    private _label: string | undefined;
+    get label() {
+        if (this._label === undefined) {
+            this._label = (this.displayAs & CommitFileNodeDisplayAs.CommitLabel)
+                ? CommitFormatter.fromTemplate(this.getCommitTemplate(), this.commit, {
+                    truncateMessageAtNewLine: true,
+                    dataFormat: this.git.config.defaultDateFormat
+                } as ICommitFormatOptions)
+                : StatusFileFormatter.fromTemplate(this.getCommitFileTemplate(), this.status);
+        }
+        return this._label;
+    }
+
     protected getCommitTemplate() {
         return this.git.config.gitExplorer.commitFormat;
     }

src/views/commitNode.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export class CommitNode extends ExplorerNode {
         const commit = Iterables.first(log.commits.values());
         if (commit === undefined) return [];
 
-        return [...Iterables.map(commit.fileStatuses, s => new CommitFileNode(s, commit, this.context, this.git, CommitFileNodeDisplayAs.File, this.branch))];
+        const children = [...Iterables.map(commit.fileStatuses, s => new CommitFileNode(s, commit, this.context, this.git, CommitFileNodeDisplayAs.File, this.branch))];
+        children.sort((a, b) => a.label!.localeCompare(b.label!));
+        return children;
     }
 
     getTreeItem(): TreeItem {

src/views/stashNode.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ export class StashNode extends ExplorerNode {
             }
         }
 
-        return statuses.map(s => new StashFileNode(s, this.commit, this.context, this.git));
+        const children = statuses.map(s => new StashFileNode(s, this.commit, this.context, this.git));
+        children.sort((a, b) => a.label!.localeCompare(b.label!));
+        return children;
     }
 
     getTreeItem(): TreeItem {