Add desc/description as possible sort field

hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/PostingsReport.hs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ where
 
 import Data.List (nub, sortBy, sortOn)
 import Data.List.Extra (nubSort)
-import Data.Maybe (isJust, isNothing)
+import Data.Maybe (isJust, isNothing, fromMaybe)
 import Data.Ord
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Time.Calendar (Day)
@@ -123,13 +123,21 @@ registerRunningCalculationFn ropts
 comparePostings :: ReportOpts -> SortSpec -> (Posting, Maybe Period) -> (Posting, Maybe Period) -> Ordering
 comparePostings _ [] _ _ = EQ
 comparePostings ropts (ex:es) (a, pa) (b, pb) = 
-    let comparison = case ex of
+    let 
+    getDescription p = 
+        let tx = ptransaction p 
+            description = fmap (\t -> tdescription t) tx
+        -- If there's no transaction attached, then use empty text for the description
+        in fromMaybe "" description
+    comparison = case ex of
           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)
           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))
+          Description' True -> compare (Down (getDescription a)) (Down (getDescription b))
     in 
     if comparison == EQ then comparePostings ropts es (a, pa) (b, pb) else comparison
 

hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs

@@ -676,9 +676,10 @@ 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
-    = Date' Bool
-    | Account' Bool
+    = Account' Bool
     | Amount' Bool
+    | Date' Bool
+    | Description' Bool
     deriving (Show, Eq)
 type SortSpec = [SortField]
 
@@ -697,6 +698,8 @@ getSortSpec opts =
                 "date" -> Date' isNegated
                 "account" -> Account' isNegated
                 "amount" -> Amount' isNegated
+                "desc" -> Description' isNegated
+                "description" -> Description' isNegated
                 _ -> error' $ "unsupported field '" ++ t ++ "' given to --sort"
                 where isNegated = isPrefixOf "-" t
                       trimmed = fromMaybe t (stripPrefix "-" t)

hledger/test/register/sort.test

@@ -74,3 +74,18 @@ $ hledger -f - register --sort -date
                                 a                               -1             0
 2024-01-01 Demo                 a                                1             1
                                 b                               -1             0
+
+# ** 6. --sort with description
+<
+2024-01-01 Other
+    a   1
+    b  
+
+2024-01-02 Demo
+    c   1
+    a
+$ hledger -f - register --sort desc
+2024-01-02 Demo                 c                                1             1
+                                a                               -1             0
+2024-01-01 Other                a                                1             1
+                                b                               -1             0