commit - 0e039681388d7ec1f832edcbb108ac28db95ae1e
commit + 7f66531d28466880142708210643464d65b9b63b
blob - 23650d4ec25dae858e6e634a02dd5735b0ac0b9d
blob + 3d4dadc8459f1d8ea2df85a31273afae7074548f
--- lib/reference.c
+++ lib/reference.c
@@ -769,50 +769,76 @@ done:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static const struct got_error *
+get_committer_time(struct got_reference *ref, struct got_repository *repo)
+{
+	const struct got_error *err = NULL;
+	int obj_type;
+	struct got_commit_object *commit = NULL;
+	struct got_tag_object *tag = NULL;
+	struct got_object_id *id = NULL;
+
+	err = got_ref_resolve(&id, repo, ref);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = got_object_get_type(&obj_type, repo, id);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+	switch (obj_type) {
+	case GOT_OBJ_TYPE_COMMIT:
+		err = got_object_open_as_commit(&commit, repo, id);
+		if (err)
+			goto done;
+		ref->committer_time =
+		    got_object_commit_get_committer_time(commit);
+		break;
+	case GOT_OBJ_TYPE_TAG:
+		err = got_object_open_as_tag(&tag, repo, id);
+		if (err)
+			goto done;
+		ref->committer_time = got_object_tag_get_tagger_time(tag);
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* best effort for other object types */
+		ref->committer_time = got_ref_get_mtime(ref);
+		break;
+	}
+done:
+	free(id);
+	if (commit)
+		got_object_commit_close(commit);
+	if (tag)
+		got_object_tag_close(tag);
+	return err;
+}
+
 const struct got_error *
 got_ref_cmp_by_commit_timestamp_descending(void *arg, int *cmp,
     struct got_reference *ref1, struct got_reference *ref2)
 {
 	const struct got_error *err;
 	struct got_repository *repo = arg;
-	struct got_object_id *id1 = NULL, *id2 = NULL;
-	struct got_commit_object *commit1 = NULL, *commit2 = NULL;
 
 	*cmp = 0;
 
 	if (ref1->committer_time == 0) {
-		err = got_ref_resolve(&id1, repo, ref1);
+		err = get_committer_time(ref1, repo);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
-		err = got_object_open_as_commit(&commit1, repo, id1);
-		if (err)
-			goto done;
-		ref1->committer_time =
-		    got_object_commit_get_committer_time(commit1);
 	}
-
 	if (ref2->committer_time == 0) {
-		err = got_ref_resolve(&id2, repo, ref2);
+		err = get_committer_time(ref2, repo);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
-		err = got_object_open_as_commit(&commit2, repo, id2);
-		if (err)
-			goto done;
-		ref2->committer_time =
-		    got_object_commit_get_committer_time(commit2);
 	}
 
 	if (ref1->committer_time < ref2->committer_time)
 		*cmp = 1;
 	else if (ref2->committer_time < ref1->committer_time)
 		*cmp = -1;
-done:
-	free(id1);
-	free(id2);
-	if (commit1)
-		got_object_commit_close(commit1);
-	if (commit2)
-		got_object_commit_close(commit2);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
blob - 0e414ba8af3db6bb003ec9b35d7e1510d7c18632
blob + 838d2ac721da6d2d566440db6d4fe96c55d79cec
--- tog/tog.1
+++ tog/tog.1
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ view showing the tree resolved via the currently selec
 Show object IDs for all non-symbolic references displayed in the
 .Cm ref
 view.
+.It Cm s
+Toggle display order of references between sort by name and sort by timestamp.
 .It Cm /
 Prompt for a search pattern and start searching for matching references.
 The search pattern is an extended regular expression which is matched
blob - 74c66761f4e9c5685b0a4c978e74ba94fe3579ca
blob + deb6c22c2d7e0b2eb805d71560f1aff83c2315cc
--- tog/tog.c
+++ tog/tog.c
@@ -129,11 +129,13 @@ static struct got_reflist_head tog_refs = TAILQ_HEAD_I
 static struct got_reflist_object_id_map *tog_refs_idmap;
 
 static const struct got_error *
-tog_load_refs(struct got_repository *repo)
+tog_load_refs(struct got_repository *repo, int sort_by_date)
 {
 	const struct got_error *err;
 
-	err = got_ref_list(&tog_refs, repo, NULL, got_ref_cmp_by_name, NULL);
+	err = got_ref_list(&tog_refs, repo, NULL, sort_by_date ?
+	    got_ref_cmp_by_commit_timestamp_descending : got_ref_cmp_by_name,
+	    repo);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ struct tog_ref_view_state {
 	struct tog_reflist_entry *first_displayed_entry;
 	struct tog_reflist_entry *last_displayed_entry;
 	struct tog_reflist_entry *selected_entry;
-	int nrefs, ndisplayed, selected, show_ids;
+	int nrefs, ndisplayed, selected, show_ids, sort_by_date;
 	struct got_repository *repo;
 	struct tog_reflist_entry *matched_entry;
 	struct tog_colors colors;
@@ -2586,7 +2588,7 @@ input_log_view(struct tog_view **new_view, struct tog_
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		tog_free_refs();
-		err = tog_load_refs(s->repo);
+		err = tog_load_refs(s->repo, 0);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		err = got_commit_graph_open(&s->thread_args.graph,
@@ -2793,7 +2795,7 @@ cmd_log(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* already loaded by tog_log_with_path()? */
 	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&tog_refs)) {
-		error = tog_load_refs(repo);
+		error = tog_load_refs(repo, 0);
 		if (error)
 			goto done;
 	}
@@ -3914,7 +3916,7 @@ cmd_diff(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
-	error = tog_load_refs(repo);
+	error = tog_load_refs(repo, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -4842,7 +4844,7 @@ cmd_blame(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
-	error = tog_load_refs(repo);
+	error = tog_load_refs(repo, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -5695,7 +5697,7 @@ cmd_tree(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
-	error = tog_load_refs(repo);
+	error = tog_load_refs(repo, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -6230,6 +6232,15 @@ input_ref_view(struct tog_view **new_view, struct tog_
 	case 'i':
 		s->show_ids = !s->show_ids;
 		break;
+	case 's':
+		s->sort_by_date = !s->sort_by_date;
+		tog_free_refs();
+		err = tog_load_refs(s->repo, s->sort_by_date);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+		ref_view_free_refs(s);
+		err = ref_view_load_refs(s);
+		break;
 	case KEY_ENTER:
 	case '\r':
 		if (!s->selected_entry)
@@ -6326,7 +6337,7 @@ input_ref_view(struct tog_view **new_view, struct tog_
 		break;
 	case CTRL('l'):
 		tog_free_refs();
-		err = tog_load_refs(s->repo);
+		err = tog_load_refs(s->repo, s->sort_by_date);
 		if (err)
 			break;
 		ref_view_free_refs(s);
@@ -6410,7 +6421,7 @@ cmd_ref(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
-	error = tog_load_refs(repo);
+	error = tog_load_refs(repo, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -6535,7 +6546,7 @@ tog_log_with_path(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 
-	error = tog_load_refs(repo);
+	error = tog_load_refs(repo, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto done;
 	error = got_repo_match_object_id(&commit_id, NULL, worktree ?