improve quick search cache

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/xmake/modules/private/xrepo/quick_search/cache.lua b/xmake/modules/private/xrepo/quick_search/cache.lua
index 43af417a8..a6d849341 100644
--- a/xmake/modules/private/xrepo/quick_search/cache.lua
+++ b/xmake/modules/private/xrepo/quick_search/cache.lua
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ function find(name, opt)
     _init()
     opt = opt or {}
     local list_result = {}
-    for cachekey, packagedata in pairs(cache:data()) do
+    -- @note we need to iterate them in a deterministic order, the caller may just take
+    -- the results as they come, e.g. the completion candidates
+    for cachekey, packagedata in table.orderpairs(cache:data()) do
         -- we only search the packages with the given kind, e.g. nil (package), "addon"
         local packagename = packagedata.name or cachekey
         if packagedata.kind == opt.kind then