hierarchically sort selction based on syntax tree

[ArvidHammarlund]

Is it possible to sort text hierarchically rather than by line? What would be the easiest way to split the selection based on syntax level so that i can call the sort command?

Eg. I want to make the following nix code...

{
     foo = {
         foo = 1;
         bar = 2;
         baz = 3;
     };
     bar = 1;
     baz = 2;
}

...become this..

{
     bar = 1;
     baz = 2;
     foo = {
         bar = 2;
         baz = 3;
         foo = 1;
     };
}

[pascalkuthe]

That is not supported and probably won't be in core. You would need to do multiple sorts for each scope. On latest master you can use A-I to select each assignment in the scope that contains the cursor and then cursor those