Make gist sort order configurable (improves on #107)

GitHub.sublime-settings

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
     "gist_list_format": "%(filename)s: %(description)s",
     // If true, display the list of gists in a monospace font
     "gist_list_monospace": false,
+    // [sort key, order (true = reversed)] for the list of gists; valid values are any of the top-level
+    // elements in the gist API response. E.g.: created_at, updated_at, description
+    // Default is the default sort key & order from GitHub, which is created_at desc
+    "gist_list_sort_by": ["created_at", true],
     // Highlight the line the cursor is on in GitHub, even if the line is not selected
     "always_highlight_current_line": false,
     // output debug info to the console

sublime_github.py

@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ def run(self, edit):
 
     def get_gists(self):
         try:
-            gists = self.gistapi.list_gists(starred=self.starred)
-            self.gists = sorted(gists, key=lambda x: (x.get("description") or "").lower())
+            self.gists = self.gistapi.list_gists(starred=self.starred)
+            sort_by, sort_reversed = self.settings.get("gist_list_sort_by", [None, False])
+            if sort_by:
+                self.gists = sorted(self.gists, key=lambda x: (x.get(sort_by) or "").lower(), reverse=sort_reversed)
             gist_list_format = self.settings.get("gist_list_format")
             packed_gists = []
             for idx, gist in enumerate(self.gists):