Re: [PATCH] shortlog: use a stable sort

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 14, 2022, 16:28 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtu7j7j6s.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1290.git.1657813429221.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

Show 8 quoted lines

> When sorting the output of `git shortlog` by count, a list of authors in
> alphabetical order is then sorted by contribution count. Obviously, the
> idea is to maintain the alphabetical order for items with identical
> contribution count.
> ...
>  	if (log->sort_by_number)
> -		QSORT(log->list.items, log->list.nr,
> +		STABLE_QSORT(log->list.items, log->list.nr,

Makes perfect sense.  Will queue.

Thanks.