From 7c907e66f429f82235c67332125910cde9c29216 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Kristoffer=20Plagborg=20Bak=20S=C3=B8rensen?=
 <57013304+kpbaks@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:39:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: print helpful suggestion when using `:{,r}sort`
 incorrectly (#12585)

---
 helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
index 8a335674b..9c48bf723 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
@@ -2116,6 +2116,10 @@ fn sort_impl(
 
     let selection = doc.selection(view.id);
 
+    if selection.len() == 1 {
+        bail!("Sorting requires multiple selections. Hint: split selection first");
+    }
+
     let mut fragments: Vec<_> = selection
         .slices(text)
         .map(|fragment| fragment.chunks().collect())