mdn / mdn/data

Lint sort order of data sheets

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Description

Alphabetically sorted data provides maintainability for large sheets. A linter that verifies the sort order would be nice! Maybe even with a --fixup flag that solves it for you (?).

Related
#188
#196

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Research direction

Review related issues #188 and #196 before deciding the scope. Identify how this repository represents its data sheets and where a linter would fit; done should include verification of alphabetical order and, if retained, a --fixup option that corrects it.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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