Can I place sort: before dupe: ?

[bit]

I know dupe:p1;p2;p3 will auto set sort to p1-p2-p3, and then I can change that by adding sort:p2;p3;p1 so new sort is p2-p3-p1

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dupe:col1;col2 sort:col2;col3;width;path

But if I place the sort before dupe:, the result list changes.

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sort:col2;col3;width;path dupe:col1;col2 

seems "sort:" can affect the behaviour of dupe:
Is this intented?

Edit: this weird case happened for me, but unable to reproduce it now...

[void]

Yes, the sort: overrides how Everything finds duplicates. (if specified before dupe:)

Everything finds duplicates by:
Sorting results by the specified properties.
Step over each item and check if the specified properties are duplicated.

More information here:
https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12733&p=53180#advanced



I do want to change this behavior at some stage.

[bit]

Yes, the sort: overrides how Everything finds duplicates. (if specified before dupe:)

ok good to know this.
I guess sort: after dupe: should have no side-effects on dupe: behavior, but only change the order of result items?

[void]

Correct.