microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Change default sort order on search.
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Description
Summary
Customize the sort order of package result tables, with support for both CLI arguments and a default preference in settings.
Status: Sorting has shipped for the installed-packages table (winget list / winget upgrade) — --sort <field>, --sort-ascending / --sort-descending, and the output.sortOrder setting (fields: name, id, version, source, available, relevance). This issue now tracks the remaining work for winget search, which is not yet wired for sorting.
Remaining scope — winget search
- Support
--sort <field>onwinget search(parity withlist/upgrade). - Honor the
output.sortOrdersetting forsearchoutput. - Allow ordering results alphabetically by package name or id.
Multi-source display
- Let the user configure whether results from multiple sources are grouped by source (today's default — grouped by the order sources are configured in
winget source list) or coalesced into a single ranked list. - For coalesced output, use the default Windows Package Manager sort criteria. Manifest/REST source quality will impact ranking.
- When coalesced results contain duplicates, break ties between equally-ranked results by source priority (see #1488).
Notes
- The current search order is based on the fields matched, and may vary by source — REST sources are allowed to return results in any order they prefer.
Consolidates #1769.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the winget search command and compare its behavior with the already-supported sorting in winget list and winget upgrade. Trace how output.sortOrder, --sort, and source grouping are handled, then verify that search supports name and id ordering, configured defaults, coalesced or grouped multi-source results, and source-priority tie breaks.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100