Issue/1645

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Find out more about isort's release policy [here](https://pycqa.github.io/isort/
   - Implemented #1638 / #1644: Provide a flag `--overwrite-in-place` to ensure same file handle is used after sorting.
   - Implemented #1684: Added support for extending skips with `--extend-skip` and `--extend-skip-glob`.
   - Implemented #1688: Auto identification and skipping of some invalid import statements.
+  - Implemented #1645: Ability to reverse the import sorting order.
   - Documented #1685: Skip doesn't support plain directory names, but skip_glob does.
 
 ### 5.7.0 December 30th 2020

isort/main.py

@@ -562,6 +562,12 @@ def _build_arg_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         action="store_true",
         help="Reverse order of relative imports.",
     )
+    output_group.add_argument(
+        "--reverse-sort",
+        dest="reverse_sort",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Reverses the ordering of imports.",
+    )
     inline_args_group.add_argument(
         "--sl",
         "--force-single-line-imports",

isort/output.py

@@ -54,12 +54,15 @@ def sorted_imports(
                 key=lambda key: sorting.module_key(
                     key, config, section_name=section, straight_import=True
                 ),
+                reverse=config.reverse_sort,
             )
 
         from_modules = parsed.imports[section]["from"]
         if not config.only_sections:
             from_modules = sorting.naturally(
-                from_modules, key=lambda key: sorting.module_key(key, config, section_name=section)
+                from_modules,
+                key=lambda key: sorting.module_key(key, config, section_name=section),
+                reverse=config.reverse_sort,
             )
 
         straight_imports = _with_straight_imports(
@@ -233,6 +236,7 @@ def _with_from_imports(
                     config.force_alphabetical_sort_within_sections,
                     section_name=section,
                 ),
+                reverse=config.reverse_sort,
             )
         if remove_imports:
             from_imports = [

isort/settings.py

@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class _Config:
     honor_case_in_force_sorted_sections: bool = False
     sort_relative_in_force_sorted_sections: bool = False
     overwrite_in_place: bool = False
+    reverse_sort: bool = False
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         py_version = self.py_version

isort/sorting.py

@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ def section_key(line: str, config: Config) -> str:
     return f"{section}{len(line) if config.length_sort else ''}{line}"
 
 
-def naturally(to_sort: Iterable[str], key: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = None) -> List[str]:
+def naturally(
+    to_sort: Iterable[str], key: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = None, reverse: bool = False
+) -> List[str]:
     """Returns a naturally sorted list"""
     if key is None:
         key_callback = _natural_keys
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ def naturally(to_sort: Iterable[str], key: Optional[Callable[[str], Any]] = None
         def key_callback(text: str) -> List[Any]:
             return _natural_keys(key(text))  # type: ignore
 
-    return sorted(to_sort, key=key_callback)
+    return sorted(to_sort, key=key_callback, reverse=reverse)
 
 
 def _atoi(text: str) -> Any:

tests/unit/test_ticketed_features.py

@@ -1029,3 +1029,33 @@ def test_isort_auto_detects_and_ignores_invalid_from_imports_issue_1688():
 from package3 import also_ok
 """
     )
+
+
+def test_isort_allows_reversing_sort_order_issue_1645():
+    """isort allows reversing the sort order for those who prefer Z or longer imports first.
+    see: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort/issues/1688
+    """
+    assert (
+        isort.code(
+            """
+from xxx import (
+    g,
+    hi,
+    def,
+    abcd,
+)
+""",
+            profile="black",
+            reverse_sort=True,
+            length_sort=True,
+            line_length=20,
+        )
+        == """
+from xxx import (
+    abcd,
+    def,
+    hi,
+    g,
+)
+"""
+    )