Add absamount as --sort field for register

hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs

@@ -129,11 +129,14 @@ comparePostings ropts (ex:es) (a, pa) (b, pb) =
             description = fmap (\t -> tdescription t) tx
         -- If there's no transaction attached, then use empty text for the description
         in fromMaybe "" description
+    absamount = mapMixedAmount (\amt -> amt { aquantity = abs (aquantity amt)})
     comparison = case ex of
+          AbsAmount' False -> compare (absamount (pamount a)) (absamount (pamount b))
           Amount' False -> compare (pamount a) (pamount b)
           Account' False -> compare (paccount a) (paccount b)
           Date' False -> compare (postingDateOrDate2 (whichDate ropts) a) (postingDateOrDate2 (whichDate ropts) b)
           Description' False -> compare (getDescription a) (getDescription b)
+          AbsAmount' True -> compare (Down (absamount (pamount a))) (Down (absamount (pamount b)))
           Amount' True -> compare (Down (pamount a)) (Down (pamount b))
           Account' True -> compare (Down (paccount a)) (Down (paccount b))
           Date' True -> compare (Down (postingDateOrDate2 (whichDate ropts) a)) (Down (postingDateOrDate2 (whichDate ropts) b))

hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs

@@ -676,7 +676,8 @@ queryFromFlags ReportOpts{..} = simplifyQuery $ And flagsq
 -- Each of these takes a bool, which shows if it has been inverted
 -- (True -> has been inverted, reverse the order)
 data SortField
-    = Account' Bool
+    = AbsAmount' Bool
+    | Account' Bool
     | Amount' Bool
     | Date' Bool
     | Description' Bool
@@ -700,6 +701,7 @@ getSortSpec opts =
                 "amount" -> Amount' isNegated
                 "desc" -> Description' isNegated
                 "description" -> Description' isNegated
+                "absamount" -> AbsAmount' isNegated
                 _ -> error' $ "unsupported field '" ++ t ++ "' given to --sort"
                 where isNegated = isPrefixOf "-" t
                       trimmed = fromMaybe t (stripPrefix "-" t)

hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Register.md

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ It's also useful to show postings on the checking account together with the
 related account:
 
 The `--sort=FIELDS` flag sorts by the fields given, which can be any of 
-`account`, `amount`, `date`, or `desc`/`description`, optionally separated by
+`account`, `amount`, `absamount`, `date`, or `desc`/`description`, optionally
-commas.
+separated by commas.
 For example, `--sort account,amount` will group all transactions in each
 account, sorted by transaction amount.
 Each field can be negated by a preceding `-`, so `--sort -amount` will show

hledger/test/register/sort.test

@@ -89,3 +89,22 @@ $ hledger -f - register --sort desc
                                 a                               -1             0
 2024-01-01 Other                a                                1             1
                                 b                               -1             0
+
+# ** 7. --sort with absamount
+<
+2024-01-01 Demo
+    a   15
+    b   10
+    c  -25
+
+2024-01-02 Other
+    d   12
+    e  -48
+    f   36
+$ hledger -f - register --sort -absamount
+2024-01-02 Other                e                              -48           -48
+                                f                               36           -12
+2024-01-01 Demo                 c                              -25           -37
+                                a                               15           -22
+2024-01-02 Other                d                               12           -10
+2024-01-01 Demo                 b                               10             0