scripts

scripts/twitter/emit_archive.py

@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def _upsert_wikilink(path: Path, target: str) -> None:
             kept.append(line)
     if target not in names:
         names.append(target)
-    names.sort()
+    names.sort(key=str.lower)
     while kept and kept[0] == "":
         kept.pop(0)
     while kept and kept[-1] == "":
@@ -657,6 +657,28 @@ def ensure_threads_index(vault: Path, handle: str) -> None:
     _upsert_wikilink(path, f"archive/threads/{handle}")
 
 
+def rewrite_threads_index(vault: Path) -> bool:
+    """Re-sort the top-level archive/threads/index.md wikilinks alphabetically (case-insensitive).
+
+    Preserves frontmatter and prose. Idempotent. No-op if the file is missing
+    or if no real handle dirs exist.
+    """
+    path = vault / "archive" / "threads" / "index.md"
+    if not path.is_file():
+        return False
+    threads_root = path.parent
+    real_handles = sorted(
+        (d.name for d in threads_root.iterdir() if d.is_dir() and not d.name.startswith(".")),
+        key=str.lower,
+    )
+    if not real_handles:
+        return False
+    # Pick the first real handle as a no-op upsert target so the existing
+    # _upsert_wikilink re-sort path runs.
+    _upsert_wikilink(path, f"archive/threads/{real_handles[0]}")
+    return True
+
+
 def discover_dumps(root: Path) -> list[Path]:
     """Return the sorted list of dump subdirectories that contain ``thread_data.json``."""
     dumps = [

scripts/twitter/tw.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ try:
         format_reslug_plan,
         plan_relabel,
         plan_reslug,
+        rewrite_threads_index,
     )
     from fallback_media import activate_fallback, find_existing_fallback, restore_origin
     from media_audit import audit_thread
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover - script-mode import
         format_reslug_plan,
         plan_relabel,
         plan_reslug,
+        rewrite_threads_index,
     )
     from fallback_media import activate_fallback, find_existing_fallback, restore_origin
     from media_audit import audit_thread
@@ -755,6 +757,12 @@ def cmd_sync(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
             print(f"rewrote {handle_dir.name}: {len(dirs)} dirs")
         else:
             print(f"ok {handle_dir.name}: {len(dirs)} dirs")
+    # Re-sort the top-level handle list whenever sync runs without a target
+    # handle. Per-handle indexes (above) are sorted in-place; the top-level
+    # needs a separate call because its bullet list is not a per-handle file.
+    if not handle:
+        if rewrite_threads_index(VAULT):
+            print("rewrote top-level threads index")
     print(f"changed {changed}, skipped {skipped}")
     return 0