<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=29290) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> ### Problem to solve It is useful to **sort**, e.g. by (commit) date, the **content in a repo**, directly from the web **frontend**. Now the repo frontend view looks like  It would be tremendously handy to have standard buttons allowing to sort files by column. Consider, for instance, this part of a MacOs finder window, in which the files are sorted by date (**rightmost column**).  ### Intended users Anyone using the web interface to download files selectively can benefit ### Proposal See above ### Permissions and Security Anyone having access to the repo should be able to sort.