Color and sort by file status

[stanio]

As a long-time Sourcetree user (and a fugitive – it's just too slow) I'm used to its status coloring and sorting:

In LazyGit I'm using the flat file list view (` Toggle file tree view) and I would like the ability to:

• Configure colors for the different file statuses

• Sort the files like:

  • Staged
    • Modified
    • Renamed
    • Added
    • Deleted
  • Unstaged
    • Modified
    • Missing (Deleted)
    • Untracked

I often have lots of unstaged and untracked changes, so having the modified files "pop up" at the top is pretty much crucial to me. Then, having any/all staged changes "pop up" at the very top of the list is necessary for me to know what I'm about to commit.

Does anyone find such setup useful?

[yonilevy]

Yes!

The minimal version of this would be a new config option, say: filesFlatSortOrder with options (byName, byStatus), where byStatus orders files by (status, name) with status order (staged, unstaged, untracked). This might only make sense with showFileTree=false, hence the flat sort order.

Actually, it might be better to consolidate both configs to a more general filesDisplayMode with options (tree, flat, flatByStatus)...

I believe this was also the initial ask in #988 but it ended up being implemented as a filter, which I find much less useful.