Added sorting methods "name" and "date" for the output

.gitjournal.toml

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ enable_debug = true
 enable_footers = false
 excluded_commit_tags = []
 show_prefix = false
+sort_by = "date"
 template_prefix = "JIRA-1234"

README.md

@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ repository:
     * [x] Automatic wrapping of commit message categories in square brackets.
     * [x] Templating support including tag and name mapping.
     * [x] Support for accumulating footer data (also for templating engine).
+    * [x] Different sorting methods (`"date"` and `"name"`) for the default and template based output.
+    * [x] Support for custom header and footer fields within templates
 * Preparation and Verification of commit messages
     * [x] Automatic installation of git hooks inside the local repository.
     * [x] Generation of default configuration file during setup.
@@ -346,9 +348,7 @@ repository:
 [planned]: #planned
 
 * [ ] Custom commit message template support, which will be used for commit preparation.
-* [ ] Multiple template extensions, like custom header/footer or other different custom fields.
 * [ ] Generation of default templates based on commits within a given commit rage.
-* [ ] Custom sorting methods for the default and template based output.
 * [ ] Commit message validation via provided template
 
 ## Contributing

src/config.rs

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Show or hide the commit message prefix, e.g. JIRA-1234
     pub show_prefix: bool,
 
+    /// Sort the commits during the output by "date" (default) or "name"
+    pub sort_by: String,
+
     /// Commit message template prefix which will be added during commit preparation
     pub template_prefix: String,
 }
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ impl Config {
             excluded_commit_tags: vec![],
             enable_footers: false,
             show_prefix: false,
+            sort_by: "date".to_owned(),
             template_prefix: "JIRA-1234".to_owned(),
         }
     }

src/lib.rs

@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ impl GitJournal {
 
         // Search for config in path and load
         let mut new_config = Config::new();
-        new_config.load(path).is_ok();
+        if let Err(e) = new_config.load(path) {
+            println_warn!("Can't load configuration file, using default one: {}", e);
+        }
 
         // Create a new parser with empty results
         let new_parser = Parser {
@@ -229,6 +231,9 @@ impl GitJournal {
     /// # Show or hide the commit message prefix, e.g. JIRA-1234
     /// show_prefix = false
     ///
+    /// # Sort the commits during the output by "date" (default) or "name"
+    /// sort_by = "date"
+    ///
     /// # Commit message template prefix which will be added during commit preparation.
     /// template_prefix = "JIRA-1234"
     /// ```
@@ -511,6 +516,11 @@ impl GitJournal {
                 if parsed_tag.commits.is_empty() {
                     None
                 } else {
+                    if self.config.sort_by == "name" {
+                        parsed_tag.commits.sort_by(|l, r| {
+                            l.summary.category.cmp(&r.summary.category)
+                        });
+                    }
                     Some(parsed_tag)
                 }
             })
@@ -692,7 +702,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(journal.config.excluded_commit_tags.len(), 0);
         assert!(journal.parse_log("HEAD", "rc", &0, &true, &false).is_ok());
         assert_eq!(journal.parser.result.len(), journal.tags.len() + 1);
-        assert_eq!(journal.parser.result[0].commits.len(), 12);
+        assert_eq!(journal.parser.result[0].commits.len(), 13);
         assert_eq!(journal.parser.result[1].commits.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(journal.parser.result[2].commits.len(), 2);
         assert!(journal.print_log(false, None, Some("CHANGELOG.md")).is_ok());

src/parser.rs

@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ impl Parser {
         let mut term = try!(term::stdout().ok_or(Error::Terminal));
         let mut vec = vec![];
 
+        // Print every tag
         for tag in &self.result {
             try!(tag.print_to_term_and_write_to_vector(&mut term, &mut vec, compact, config, template));
         }