fix(synthetic-chain): Read proposals in sorted order

packages/synthetic-chain/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agoric/synthetic-chain",
-  "version": "0.4.1",
+  "version": "0.4.2",
   "description": "Utilities to build a chain and test proposals atop it",
   "bin": "dist/cli/cli.js",
   "main": "./dist/lib/index.js",

packages/synthetic-chain/src/cli/dockerfileGen.ts

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export function writeDockerfile(
       proposalName: fromTag,
       proposalIdentifier: fromTag,
       // XXX these are bogus
-      path: 'VIRTUAL',
+      path: '.',
       type: '/agoric.swingset.CoreEvalProposal',
       source: 'subdir',
     };

packages/synthetic-chain/src/cli/proposals.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,28 @@ export function encodeUpgradeInfo(upgradeInfo: unknown): string {
   return upgradeInfo != null ? JSON.stringify(upgradeInfo) : '';
 }
 
+export function compareProposalDirNames(a: string, b: string): -1 | 0 | 1 {
+  // Proposal directories should be named like "$position:$name", and we expect
+  // $position to be numeric but this logic tolerates deviation.
+  // Compare by position numerically, then by position lexicographically (by
+  // code unit for simplicity), then by the full name.
+  const [_a, aPos, aNumericPos] = a.match(/^(([0-9]+)|[^:]*):.*/) || [];
+  const [_b, bPos, bNumericPos] = b.match(/^(([0-9]+)|[^:]*):.*/) || [];
+  if (aNumericPos && !bNumericPos) return -1;
+  if (!aNumericPos && bNumericPos) return 1;
+  if (aNumericPos && bNumericPos) {
+    if (Number(aNumericPos) < Number(bNumericPos)) return -1;
+    if (Number(aNumericPos) > Number(bNumericPos)) return 1;
+  }
+  if (aPos !== undefined && bPos === undefined) return -1;
+  if (aPos === undefined && bPos !== undefined) return 1;
+  if (aPos !== undefined && bPos !== undefined) {
+    if (aPos < bPos) return -1;
+    if (aPos > bPos) return 1;
+  }
+  return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 export function readProposals(proposalsParent: string): ProposalInfo[] {
   const proposalsDir = path.join(proposalsParent, 'proposals');
   const proposalPaths = fs
@@ -82,7 +104,8 @@ export function readProposals(proposalsParent: string): ProposalInfo[] {
       }
       return hasPackageJson;
     })
-    .map(dirent => dirent.name);
+    .map(dirent => dirent.name)
+    .sort(compareProposalDirNames);
   return proposalPaths.map(readInfo);
 }
 

packages/synthetic-chain/test/test-cli.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,44 @@
 import test from 'ava';
 import {
   type ProposalInfo,
+  compareProposalDirNames,
   imageNameForProposal,
 } from '../src/cli/proposals.js';
 
+test('compareProposalDirNames', t => {
+  const inputs = [
+    '1:first',
+    '9:second',
+    '10:third',
+    '99:fourth',
+    '100:fifth',
+    'foo:a',
+    'bar:b',
+    'baz:c',
+    '.dot:d',
+    'Z:e',
+    'qux',
+    'quux',
+  ].sort();
+  t.deepEqual(inputs.slice().sort(compareProposalDirNames), [
+    // by numeric position
+    '1:first',
+    '9:second',
+    '10:third',
+    '99:fourth',
+    '100:fifth',
+    // lexicographically by whatever precedes the first colon
+    '.dot:d',
+    'Z:e',
+    'bar:b',
+    'baz:c',
+    'foo:a',
+    // lexicographically by full name
+    'quux',
+    'qux',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('imageNameForProposal', t => {
   const proposal: ProposalInfo = {
     type: '/agoric.swingset.CoreEvalProposal',