[BUG] package.json and package-lock.json order is different when used Czech locale

[jakubjosef]

Current Behavior:

package-lock and package.json order is different when used non English (Czech) locale

Expected Behavior:

Sorting should be locale-agnostic to not change package-lock JSON back and forth.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Clone repo created with English locale
2. Run npm install
3. I see different order for packages with ch in name (eg. chai)

Environment:

• OS: macOS 11.2.2
• Node: 14.16.0
• npm: 7.6.1

It looks like similar problem as it's reported here
npm/npm#17048

I think the root cause is different order of letters. In Czech alphabet CH letter stands after H, but in English alphabet it's just C.

Example in package.json (left is Czech locale, right is English)

Workaround

If someone is facing the same issue in can be fixed by defining alias alias npm='LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" npm' in bash_profile/.zshrc or similar file depends to shell you are using.

[padinko]

same in Windows 10 with Slovak language, node v14.16.1, npm v7.11.2
i can't find workaround for windows

[padinko]

I make pull requests to fix this

npm/arborist#276 will fix sorting in package.json
isaacs/json-stringify-nice#5 will fix sorting in package-lock.json

so this 2 packeses will need to be updated to fix this

[wraithgar]

Thank you @padinko!