[Bug]: `--sort name` is not a valid option

[5HT2]

Version

• latest

version

lsd 1.1.5

What OS are you seeing the problem on?

macOS 14.6.1

installation

brew install lsd

term

xterm-256color

ls-colors

No response

What happened?

Ran `lsd --sort name`, no bueno.

What expected?

I expected the option to work as normal.

What else?

Currently, if you specify a default sort in the config, there is no way to revert it back to a name sort on the command-line as the option is not accepted.

[bebyzz]

I tested this and was able to reproduce 'name' as a sort option throws an error.

This looks like expected functionality. If you look at the lsd man page man lsd --sort shows the list of possibles as [possible values: size, time, version, extension, git. 'name' is not in the list of possible values

[williamukoh]

I can confirm this

The "name" value for sort option throws an error. Although "name" isn't clearly included as part of the sort options, but the lsd documentation states that it is an option. Conflicting, perhaps 🤷🏽‍♂️ ?

[5HT2]

I believe that the author intended to exclude it because it's unnecessary when using the default options, but if you configure a different default sort value it should allow name (or even just like, switch the excluded value with the current default), which it does not do.

[5HT2]

Hi @zwpaper,

Just a friendly ping on this issue. I've been using lsd with a custom sort config (by size), but occasionally need to view files alphabetically. Without --sort name support, I'm forced to either:

• Edit my config file each time
• Use standard ls instead
• Create functions or aliases for different sort options

This seems like an oversight since "name" is mentioned in docs but not accepted by the CLI. Is this intentional, or could it be added as a valid option?

I appreciate your work on this tool! Just wanted to highlight this in case it's a simple fix when you have time to look at it.

[5HT2]

Bump, is there anything blocking this currently? It would be greatly appreciated if you can take a look at reviewing #1138 @zwpaper.