Vscode: SCM: Support sort

[warpdesign]

I find the git panel showing modified files a bit of a mess: files don't seem to be sorted in any way (maybe by full path?):

I find it really difficult to find:

• which files have been modified
• which files are untracked
• a particular file by its name

As a comparison, here is the result of running git status in the same workspace:

On branch bpmn_shapes_17016
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/bpmn_shapes_17016' by 1 commit.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   ../../pom.xml
        modified:   app/scripts/app.js
        modified:   app/styles/onmap.rappid.css
        modified:   app/views/ui-components-module/generic-form.html

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        ../../.eslintrc.json
        ../../.vscode/
        ../../Untitled-1.txt
        ../../Untitled-6.json
        ../../chrono.gif
        ../../iframe.html
        ../../npm
        ../../package-lock.json
        ../../pom-standalone.xml
...

In a quick look I can see that only four files have been modified.

Suggestions:

• add an option to group by status (ie: untracked, modified, added)
• add an option to sort files by name

Sort could work like this:

1. if option is set: sort by status
2. sort by name

Having a way to filter this list will be a good addition too: in case you want to see the status of a particular file using its name. Like you can do in the settings panel for example, when you look for a specific option.

[adel-bassiony]

also please add ability to sort them by folders.
this will be very helpful <3

[repl-albert-chu]

I second this. It would be really useful to have this functionality.

[marcelh-gh]

especially in multi-root workspaces at least a grouping by root folder would help a lot

[0reo27]

This is a huge feature if added 👍

[ooHmartY]

👍

[avlaguta]

I second this too!

[ghost]

👍🏻

[ngocmanh1712]

still waiting for this

[sniarn]

When handling a large amount of changes this would be very helpful indeed! +1

Also, the ability to show all changes in a tree view would be super nice. The Explorer sidebar view almost does this by default, just showing all files instead of only those that have been added/changed.

[fsesterh]

I'd welcome this too.

[ngirard]

Just can't believe this still hasn't been implemented...

[progonkpa]

Wanted to switch from PhpStorm to VSC (because cheapskate), then this happened..

[joaomoreno]

Grouping is #14582

[ngirard]

@joaomoreno, great, thanks !

[progonkpa]

@joaomoreno awesome!

[evangrayk]

It would be really nice if the SCM API exposed a way to sort files (such as a sort key). This would let us provide our own sorting options. For the original issue, the git extension could provide status / filename / file type. Other extensions could also detect e.g. auto-generated files and sort those lower.

[wesinator]

this is badly needed for usability with multi-file projects.
Should be able to sort both by git status (modified files first), and alphabetical.

Right now, there is no logical sort order. (1.40.2)

[bernardoadc]

I find it useful to sort by modified date/hour.

So if I did a small change and want to commit right away, I easily see where it is, on top. Or, if there is some modification that is still pending (and dont want to stash) it will be on the bottom.