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feature request - file ordering in `git status`

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JDJesus Zen Droïd <contact2022@engrenage.ch>
Date
Sep 29, 2022, 17:45 UTC
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untracked files in `git status` are shown in order of

[0-9] [A-Z] [a-z]

it would be nice to have flags to change this behaviour, to:
- ignore case
- sort by date (most recent first... most important and should be the default
   IMHO)

[System Info] git version: git version 2.35.1 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 5.15.59-gentoo-x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 31 09:27:53 CEST 2022 x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 11.3 libc info: glibc: 2.35 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash

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  1. Jesus Zen DroïdSep 29, 2022

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