Rb/use file order

Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 helm-docs:
-	cd cmd/helm-docs && go build
-	mv cmd/helm-docs/helm-docs .
+	go build github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/cmd/helm-docs
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt:

cmd/helm-docs/command_line.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/pkg/document"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func newHelmDocsCommand(run func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string)) (*cobra.Com
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("ignore-file", "i", ".helmdocsignore", "The filename to use as an ignore file to exclude chart directories")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("log-level", "l", "info", logLevelUsage)
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("output-file", "o", "README.md", "markdown file path relative to each chart directory to which rendered documentation will be written")
+	command.PersistentFlags().StringP("sort-values-order", "s", document.AlphaNumSortOrder, fmt.Sprintf("order in which to sort the values table (\"%s\" or \"%s\")", document.AlphaNumSortOrder, document.FileSortOrder))
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringSliceP("template-files", "t", []string{"README.md.gotmpl"}, "gotemplate file paths relative to each chart directory from which documentation will be generated")
 
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()

pkg/document/model.go

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ package document
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/pkg/helm"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -15,6 +18,8 @@ type valueRow struct {
 	Default         string
 	AutoDescription string
 	Description     string
+	Column          int
+	LineNumber      int
 }
 
 type chartTemplateData struct {
@@ -23,6 +28,43 @@ type chartTemplateData struct {
 	Values          []valueRow
 }
 
+func getSortedValuesTableRows(documentRoot *yaml.Node, chartValuesDescriptions map[string]helm.ChartValueDescription) ([]valueRow, error) {
+	valuesTableRows, err := createValueRowsFromField(
+		"",
+		nil,
+		documentRoot,
+		chartValuesDescriptions,
+		true,
+	)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	sortOrder := viper.GetString("sort-values-order")
+	if sortOrder == FileSortOrder {
+		sort.Slice(valuesTableRows, func(i, j int) bool {
+			if valuesTableRows[i].LineNumber == valuesTableRows[j].LineNumber {
+				return valuesTableRows[i].Column < valuesTableRows[j].Column
+			}
+
+			return valuesTableRows[i].LineNumber < valuesTableRows[i].LineNumber
+		})
+	} else if sortOrder == AlphaNumSortOrder {
+		sort.Slice(valuesTableRows, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return valuesTableRows[i].Key < valuesTableRows[j].Key
+		})
+	} else {
+		log.Warnf("Invalid sort order provided %s, defaulting to %s", sortOrder, AlphaNumSortOrder)
+		sort.Slice(valuesTableRows, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return valuesTableRows[i].Key < valuesTableRows[j].Key
+		})
+	}
+
+	return valuesTableRows, nil
+}
+
+
 func getChartTemplateData(chartDocumentationInfo helm.ChartDocumentationInfo, helmDocsVersion string) (chartTemplateData, error) {
 	// handle empty values file case
 	if chartDocumentationInfo.ChartValues.Kind == 0 {
@@ -40,13 +82,7 @@ func getChartTemplateData(chartDocumentationInfo helm.ChartDocumentationInfo, he
 		return chartTemplateData{}, fmt.Errorf("values file must resolve to a map, not %s", strconv.Itoa(int(chartDocumentationInfo.ChartValues.Kind)))
 	}
 
-	valuesTableRows, err := createValueRowsFromObject(
-		"",
-		nil,
-		chartDocumentationInfo.ChartValues.Content[0],
-		chartDocumentationInfo.ChartValuesDescriptions,
-		true,
-	)
+	valuesTableRows, err := getSortedValuesTableRows(chartDocumentationInfo.ChartValues.Content[0], chartDocumentationInfo.ChartValuesDescriptions)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return chartTemplateData{}, err

pkg/document/util.go

@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-type jsonableMap map[string]interface{}
+const (
+	AlphaNumSortOrder = "alphanum"
+	FileSortOrder     = "file"
+)
 
 // The json library can only marshal maps with string keys, and so all of our lists and maps that go into documentation
 // must be converted to have only string keys before marshalling
 func convertHelmValuesToJsonable(values *yaml.Node) interface{} {
 	switch values.Kind {
 	case yaml.MappingNode:
-		convertedMap := make(jsonableMap)
+		convertedMap := make(map[string]interface{})
 
 		for i := 0; i < len(values.Content); i += 2 {
 			k := values.Content[i]