fix: sort datamodel alphabetically

[grantfitzsimmons]

Fixes #8138

This PR sorts the tables in the data model alphabetically. See now that Absolute Age is at the top in both cases, which is the first by alphabetical sort.

Checklist

• Self-review the PR after opening it to make sure the changes look good and
  self-explanatory (or properly documented)
• Add relevant issue to release milestone
• Add pr to documentation list
• Add automated tests
• Add a reverse migration if a migration is present in the PR
• Add migration function to

  specify7/specifyweb/specify/management/commands/run_key_migration_functions.py

  Line 50 in ea04665

  def fix_schema_config(stdout: WriteToStdOut | None = None):

Testing instructions

Make sure to test this against the latest v7 tagged release!

• Verify that tables are sorted alphabetically in
  • Schema Viewer
  • Configure data entry tables
  • Configure interaction tables
  • Configure visible query tables
  • Record formatters app resources
  • Field formatters app resources
  • Form definitions

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Reworked data model table initialization into a two-pass, name-sorted flow to ensure consistent front-end field, relationship, and derived-field mapping.
• Bug Fixes
  • Updated circular-table detection output to match the expected table set and ordering.
• Tests
  • Refreshed the automapper circular-tables snapshot.
• Documentation
  • Rewrapped the WbPlanView “UploadPlan” README section text.
• Style / Maintenance
  • Applied minor code formatting cleanups across record-count sorting and JSX/layout; adjusted a migration dependency ordering.

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• specifyweb/specify/migrations/0046_alter_specifyuser_spprincipals.py

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Table initialization now registers all tables before per-table processing, the circular table snapshot reflects the new table order, and several related frontend and migration files are reformatted or re-ordered without logic changes.

Changes

Table initialization and ordering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Two-pass table initialization specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts	fetchContext now builds sorted table pairs, registers every table in genericTables first, then processes fields, relationships, derived maps, front-end-only fields, and schemaExtras in a second pass.
Updated circular table snapshot specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbPlanView/__tests__/automapper.test.ts	The circularTables() inline snapshot now expects "[table TectonicUnitTreeDefItem]" and no longer expects "[table TectonicUnit]".

Frontend formatting and dependency updates

Layer / File(s)

Summary

Snapshot, formatting, and migration dependency specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbActions/WbUpload.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbActions/index.tsx, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbPlanView/README.md, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbPlanView/uploadPlanParser.ts, specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/DataSetMeta.tsx, specifyweb/specify/migrations/0046_alter_specifyuser_spprincipals.py

Record-count sorting callbacks, README wrapping, softFail argument formatting, DataSetMeta JSX, and the migration dependency reference were updated without behavior changes.

Suggested reviewers: emenslin

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 3

❌ Failed checks (1 warning, 2 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	Several formatting-only edits and the migration dependency change are unrelated to table sorting.	Remove the unrelated formatting and migration edits, or split them into a separate PR, leaving only the alphabetical-sorting fix.
Automatic Tests	❓ Inconclusive	Repository clone failed, so this custom check could not run with code access.	Retry the review run. If this persists, inspect pre-merge custom-check logs for infrastructure or agent runtime failures.
Testing Instructions	❓ Inconclusive	Repository clone failed, so this custom check could not run with code access.	Retry the review run. If this persists, inspect pre-merge custom-check logs for infrastructure or agent runtime failures.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title is concise and accurately summarizes the main change: sorting the datamodel alphabetically.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The sorted table initialization in tables.ts matches the issue’s request to list tables alphabetically in the affected UI contexts.

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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch issue-8138

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