Logic behind order of repositories shown for a GitHub user

Question

Is the order of repositories for a user simply the order of entry? I cannot see any logic in what is at the top of, for example, thoughtbot.

I'm thinking of writing a tool to get my desired ordering using the API, but maybe if I grokked the order better I could scan the list easier and not feel so compelled.

For example, as of 2013-12-21 16:01, these are the top two items on Thoughtbot:

1. shoulda-matchers - Last updated a day ago
2. suspenders - Last updated a day ago

But then the top item does not say it was updated a day ago ;

Dec 18, 2013 - Make order option Rails 4.0.1-compatible - aff7bd7e2a - authored 20 days ago

And the second on the list says it was authored a day ago

Dec 20, 2013 - Add spring - 078237f9ed - authored a day ago

Update; The pull request is not related to the dates, see below. The comments are not related either. Thus I conclude perhaps there is evidence of a github bug. I will send another note to them. Perhaps this detail will help!

The two Closed Pull requests as of 2013-12-30Mon.09:19:09 TOP item = 11d ago ; https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers/pulls?direction=desc&page=1&sort=created&state=closed Make order option Rails 4.0.1-compatible This is a fix for #388. From the commit: The way that we figure out whether the value which is p… by mcmire 11 days ago 3 comments

2ND ITEM https://github.com/thoughtbot/suspenders/pulls?direction=desc&page=1&sort=created&state=closed Add spring It's good stuff, and Rails 4.1 will include Spring by default. We may as well get on this train e… by jferris 10 days ago 1 comment

Answer 1

If you have a look at the GitHub API it says that the repositories are ordered by their creation date. Github API for listing repositories

It seems that this is also the case if for your personal repositories in the repository view. (Just tested this on my account)

(EDIT: I just realized that for the account that you mentioned, the repos are ordered by their last commit. However this is not the case for my account. It seems that the ordering depends on the overall number of repos linked to the account)

Answer 2

They're ordered by time of last commit, newest at the top.