fix(view): sort and truncate dist-tags

This sorts dist-tags by publish date so that newer tags show first, giving top priority to the `latest` tag. It also truncates the list in a similar manner to how dependencies are truncated.

Author: wraithgar

lib/commands/view.js

@@ -266,6 +266,18 @@ class View extends BaseCommand {
  const deps = Object.entries(manifest.dependencies || {}).map(([k, dep]) =>
  `${chalk.blue(k)}: ${dep}`
  )
+ // Sort dist-tags by publish time, then tag name, keeping latest at the top of the list
+ const distTags = Object.entries(packu['dist-tags'])
+ .sort(([aTag, aVer], [bTag, bVer]) => {
+ const aTime = aTag === 'latest' ? Infinity : Date.parse(packu.time[aVer])
+ const bTime = bTag === 'latest' ? Infinity : Date.parse(packu.time[bVer])
+ if (aTime === bTime) {
+ return aTag > bTag ? -1 : 1
+ }
+ return aTime > bTime ? -1 : 1
+ })
+ .map(([k, t]) => `${chalk.blue(k)}: ${t}`)
+
  const site = manifest.homepage?.url || manifest.homepage
  const bins = Object.keys(manifest.bin || {})
  const licenseField = manifest.license || 'Proprietary'
@@ -333,9 +345,11 @@ class View extends BaseCommand {
  }
 
  res.push('\ndist-tags:')
- res.push(columns(Object.entries(packu['dist-tags']).map(([k, t]) =>
- `${chalk.blue(k)}: ${t}`
- )))
+ const maxTags = 12
+ res.push(columns(distTags.slice(0, maxTags), { padding: 1, sort: false }))
+ if (distTags.length > maxTags) {
+ res.push(chalk.dim(`(...and ${distTags.length - maxTags} more.)`))
+ }
 
  const publisher = manifest._npmUser && unparsePerson({
  name: chalk.blue(manifest._npmUser.name),