Issue 4433: Ability to define sort order for output of find command (#5184)

The old sorting behaviour was to sort snapshots from oldest to newest.
The new sorting order is from newest to oldest. If one wants to revert to the
old behaviour, use the option --reverse.

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Co-authored-by: Michael Eischer <michael.eischer@fau.de>

changelog/unreleased/issue-4433

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Enhancement: Sort `find` output from newest to oldest and add `--reverse` option
+
+The old output behaviour was to sort snapshots from oldest to newest.
+The new sorting order is from newest to oldest. If one wants to revert to the
+old behaviour, use the option --reverse.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4433
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5184
+

cmd/restic/cmd_find.go

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ var cmdFind = &cobra.Command{
 	Long: `
 The "find" command searches for files or directories in snapshots stored in the
 repo.
-It can also be used to search for restic blobs or trees for troubleshooting.`,
+It can also be used to search for restic blobs or trees for troubleshooting.
+The default sort option for the snapshots is youngest to oldest. To sort the
+output from oldest to youngest specify --reverse.`,
 	Example: `restic find config.json
 restic find --json "*.yml" "*.json"
 restic find --json --blob 420f620f b46ebe8a ddd38656
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ type FindOptions struct {
 	CaseInsensitive    bool
 	ListLong           bool
 	HumanReadable      bool
+	Reverse            bool
 	restic.SnapshotFilter
 }
 
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.BoolVar(&findOptions.PackID, "pack", false, "pattern is a pack-ID")
 	f.BoolVar(&findOptions.ShowPackID, "show-pack-id", false, "display the pack-ID the blobs belong to (with --blob or --tree)")
 	f.BoolVarP(&findOptions.CaseInsensitive, "ignore-case", "i", false, "ignore case for pattern")
+	f.BoolVarP(&findOptions.Reverse, "reverse", "R", false, "reverse sort order oldest to newest")
 	f.BoolVarP(&findOptions.ListLong, "long", "l", false, "use a long listing format showing size and mode")
 	f.BoolVar(&findOptions.HumanReadable, "human-readable", false, "print sizes in human readable format")
 
@@ -637,7 +641,10 @@ func runFind(ctx context.Context, opts FindOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []
 	}
 
 	sort.Slice(filteredSnapshots, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return filteredSnapshots[i].Time.Before(filteredSnapshots[j].Time)
+		if opts.Reverse {
+			return filteredSnapshots[i].Time.Before(filteredSnapshots[j].Time)
+		}
+		return filteredSnapshots[i].Time.After(filteredSnapshots[j].Time)
 	})
 
 	for _, sn := range filteredSnapshots {

cmd/restic/cmd_find_integration_test.go

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 	opts := BackupOptions{}
 
 	testRunBackup(t, "", []string{env.testdata}, opts, env.gopts)
-	testRunCheck(t, env.gopts)
 
 	results := testRunFind(t, false, FindOptions{}, env.gopts, "unexistingfile")
 	rtest.Assert(t, len(results) == 0, "unexisting file found in repo (%v)", datafile)
@@ -91,3 +90,44 @@ func TestFindJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	rtest.Assert(t, len(matches[0].Matches) == 3, "expected 3 files to match (%v)", matches[0].Matches)
 	rtest.Assert(t, matches[0].Hits == 3, "expected hits to show 3 matches (%v)", datafile)
 }
+
+func TestFindSorting(t *testing.T) {
+	env, cleanup := withTestEnvironment(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	datafile := testSetupBackupData(t, env)
+	opts := BackupOptions{}
+
+	// first backup
+	testRunBackup(t, "", []string{env.testdata}, opts, env.gopts)
+	sn1 := testListSnapshots(t, env.gopts, 1)[0]
+
+	// second backup
+	testRunBackup(t, "", []string{env.testdata}, opts, env.gopts)
+	snapshots := testListSnapshots(t, env.gopts, 2)
+	// get id of new snapshot without depending on file order returned by filesystem
+	sn2 := snapshots[0]
+	if sn1.Equal(sn2) {
+		sn2 = snapshots[1]
+	}
+
+	// first restic find - with default FindOptions{}
+	results := testRunFind(t, true, FindOptions{}, env.gopts, "testfile")
+	lines := strings.Split(string(results), "\n")
+	rtest.Assert(t, len(lines) == 2, "expected two files found in repo (%v), found %d", datafile, len(lines))
+	matches := []testMatches{}
+	rtest.OK(t, json.Unmarshal(results, &matches))
+
+	// run second restic find with --reverse, sort oldest to newest
+	resultsReverse := testRunFind(t, true, FindOptions{Reverse: true}, env.gopts, "testfile")
+	lines = strings.Split(string(resultsReverse), "\n")
+	rtest.Assert(t, len(lines) == 2, "expected two files found in repo (%v), found %d", datafile, len(lines))
+	matchesReverse := []testMatches{}
+	rtest.OK(t, json.Unmarshal(resultsReverse, &matchesReverse))
+
+	// compare result sets
+	rtest.Assert(t, sn1.String() == matchesReverse[0].SnapshotID, "snapshot[0] must match old snapshot")
+	rtest.Assert(t, sn2.String() == matchesReverse[1].SnapshotID, "snapshot[1] must match new snapshot")
+	rtest.Assert(t, matches[0].SnapshotID == matchesReverse[1].SnapshotID, "matches should be sorted 1")
+	rtest.Assert(t, matches[1].SnapshotID == matchesReverse[0].SnapshotID, "matches should be sorted 2")
+}