Sort by number of commits ahead instead of stars

website/src/queries-init.js

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const LANDING_PAGE_INIT_MSG = "<h1 class='title'>Introducing:</h1>"
     + "Simply type a repository's URL in the Text Field above. Both of those examples are valid entries: <br/>"
     + "<strong>" + EXAMPLE_LINK_1 + "</strong> and <strong>" + EXAMPLE_LINK_2 + "</strong>.<br/><br/>"
     + "The criteria is simple: <strong>if a fork was created, but never received any other activity on its <span class='is-family-monospace'>master</span> branch, it is filtered out.</strong><br/>"
-    + "The results are sorted by the amount of stars.<br/><br/>"
+    + "The results are sorted by the number of ahead commits.<br/><br/>"
     + "For more information, check out " + BODY_REPO_LINK + ".";
 
 
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ function buildGithubRepoURL(repo) {
 }
 
 function getForkButtonLink(qualifier, full_name) {
-  return `<a href="${buildAutoQueryURL(full_name)}" 
-             title="This will launch a (more extensive) scan for the specified repository. The 'Source' is the root project of the whole fork tree, whereas the 'Parent' is the immediate parent. (Therefore, the Source can be the Parent.)" 
+  return `<a href="${buildAutoQueryURL(full_name)}"
+             title="This will launch a (more extensive) scan for the specified repository. The 'Source' is the root project of the whole fork tree, whereas the 'Parent' is the immediate parent. (Therefore, the Source can be the Parent.)"
              class="button is-small is-dark is-outlined">
              <b>${qualifier}:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>
              <span class="is-family-monospace">${full_name}</span>
@@ -231,4 +231,4 @@ function getJqId_$(id) {
 }
 const JQ_ID_HEADER  = getJqId_$(UF_ID_HEADER);
 const JQ_ID_MSG     = getJqId_$(UF_ID_MSG);
-const JQ_ID_TABLE   = getJqId_$(UF_ID_TABLE);
+const JQ_ID_TABLE   = getJqId_$(UF_ID_TABLE);

website/src/queries-logic.js

@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ function getTdValue(rows, index, col) {
 }
 
 function sortTable() {
-  sortTableColumn(UF_ID_TABLE, 1);
+  /** Number of commits ahead. */
+  sortTableColumn(UF_ID_TABLE, 4);
 }
 
 /** 'sortColumn' index starts at 0.   https://stackoverflow.com/a/37814596/9768291 */
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ function update_table_data(responseData, user, repo, parentDefaultBranch) {
         datum['pushed_at'] = getOnlyDate(currFork.pushed_at);
         TABLE_DATA.push(datum);
         if (TABLE_DATA.length > 1) showFilterContainer();
-        
+
         update_table_trying_use_filter();
       }
     };
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ function updateFilterFunction() {
     }
     conditionObj[attribute] = { operator, value };
   }
-  
+
   IS_USEFUL_FORK = (datum) => {
     for (const [attribute, { operator, value }] of Object.entries(conditionObj)) {
       const attrValue = datum[attribute];