Always run pretty with the default sort conf when saving cfbs.json

cfbs/cfbs_config.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     fetch_archive,
     SUPPORTED_ARCHIVES,
 )
-from cfbs.pretty import pretty
+from cfbs.pretty import pretty, cfbs_default_sorting_rules
 from cfbs.cfbs_json import CFBSJson
 from cfbs.module import Module
 from cfbs.prompts import prompt_user, YES_NO_CHOICES
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename="./cfbs.json", index=None, non_interactive=False):
         self.non_interactive = non_interactive
 
     def save(self):
-        data = pretty(self._data) + "\n"
+        data = pretty(self._data, cfbs_default_sorting_rules) + "\n"
         with open(self.path, "w") as f:
             f.write(data)
 

cfbs/cfbs_json.py

@@ -3,29 +3,8 @@
 import logging as log
 
 from cfbs.index import Index
+from cfbs.pretty import pretty, TOP_LEVEL_KEYS, MODULE_KEYS
 from cfbs.utils import read_json, user_error
-from cfbs.pretty import pretty
-
-# Globals for the keys in cfbs.json and their order
-# Used for validation and prettifying / sorting.
-TOP_LEVEL_KEYS = ("name", "description", "type", "index", "git", "provides", "build")
-
-MODULE_KEYS = (
-    "alias",
-    "name",
-    "description",
-    "tags",
-    "repo",
-    "url",
-    "by",
-    "version",
-    "commit",
-    "subdirectory",
-    "dependencies",
-    "added_by",
-    "steps",
-    "input",
-)
 
 
 def _construct_provided_module(name, data, url, commit):

cfbs/pretty.py

@@ -3,6 +3,48 @@
 from copy import copy
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
+# Globals for the keys in cfbs.json and their order
+# Used for validation and prettifying / sorting.
+TOP_LEVEL_KEYS = ("name", "description", "type", "index", "git", "provides", "build")
+
+MODULE_KEYS = (
+    "alias",
+    "name",
+    "description",
+    "tags",
+    "repo",
+    "url",
+    "by",
+    "version",
+    "commit",
+    "subdirectory",
+    "dependencies",
+    "added_by",
+    "steps",
+    "input",
+)
+
+
+module_key_sorting = (
+    MODULE_KEYS,
+    None,
+)
+cfbs_default_sorting_rules = {
+    None: (
+        TOP_LEVEL_KEYS,
+        {
+            "(index|provides)": (
+                "alphabetic",  # Module names are sorted alphabetically
+                {".*": module_key_sorting},
+            ),
+            "build": (  # An array, not an object
+                None,  # Don't sort elements of array
+                {".*": module_key_sorting},
+            ),
+        },
+    ),
+}
+
 
 def _children_sort(child, name, sorting_rules):
     """Recursively sort child objects in a JSON object.