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Sort files and folders by natural order ("100" follows "2")

See original GitHub issue

Add option to sort folders alphabetically

Behavior

Expected order

1-foo
20-bar
110-baz

Actual order

1-foo
110-baz
20-bar

Example

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:7
Comments:12 (8 by maintainers)

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sindresorhuscommented, Apr 6, 2020

They are already sorted alphabetically, what you’re requesting is called natural sorting.

Don’t forget to also send a feature request to GitHub as it would be better if they fixed this natively: https://github.com/contact

2reactions

AayushSameerShahcommented, Aug 12, 2022

Ahh, any update or a hack on this issue? I really am managing the files in the order, but after reaching at 9 the 10th file is moved to second position. Any help would be beneficial 😄

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