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

  • Reorganized data model table initialization to a two-pass, sorted sequence (register then process). No change to user-facing behavior.

• Tests

  • Updated unit test snapshot to reflect the adjusted ordering of detected circular tables.

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• specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbPlanView/__tests__/automapper.test.ts

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Refactors table initialization in fetchContext to perform registration in a first pass (all tables added to genericTables) and a second pass that builds literal fields, relationships, front-end-only fields, derived maps, and invokes schemaExtras, using an explicit alphabetical table ordering.

Changes

Data Model Table Initialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Two-pass table initialization with alphabetical sorting specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts	fetchContext post-load processing refactored from per-table register-then-process to a two-pass approach: creates a sorted tablePairs list, registers all tables to genericTables first, then processes fields, relationships, front-end-only fields, derived maps, and schema callbacks across all tables in the second iteration.

Test snapshot update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Updated circularTables snapshot specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WbPlanView/__tests__/automapper.test.ts	Jest inline snapshot for circularTables() updated to expect "[table TectonicUnitTreeDefItem]" and no longer expect "[table TectonicUnit]".

Suggested reviewers

• CarolineDenis
• emenslin
• bhumikaguptaa

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Testing Instructions	⚠️ Warning	PR template "Testing instructions" section is empty with only comments. Commit message lacks detail. No explicit steps provided to verify the 7 UI areas listed in PR objectives.	Add testing instructions detailing how to verify alphabetical sorting in: Schema Viewer, Configure data entry tables, Configure interaction tables, Configure visible query tables, formatters app resources, and Form definitions.

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'fix: sort datamodel alphabetically' clearly describes the main change: sorting tables alphabetically in the data model, which aligns with the primary objective.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The code changes implement alphabetical sorting of tables in the data model initialization via a two-pass approach, and the test update reflects the new sorted ordering, satisfying the requirement to sort tables alphabetically.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are directly related to sorting tables alphabetically: the refactored initialization logic in tables.ts and the updated snapshot in the test file reflect the sorting implementation.
Automatic Tests	✅ Passed	PR includes automated tests: automapper.test.ts snapshot updated to verify alphabetical table ordering through circularTables() function test, demonstrating the sorting implementation works correctly.

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