shell/console/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/console/completer/CommandsCompleter.java [143:186]:
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    protected void sort(Map<String, Completer>[] completers, List<String> scopes) {
        ScopeComparator comparator = new ScopeComparator(scopes);
        for (int i = 0; i < completers.length; i++) {
            Map<String, Completer> map = new TreeMap<>(comparator);
            map.putAll(completers[i]);
            completers[i] = map;
        }
    }

    protected static class ScopeComparator implements Comparator<String> {
        private final List<String> scopes;
        public ScopeComparator(List<String> scopes) {
            this.scopes = scopes;
        }
        @Override
        public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
            String[] p1 = o1.split(":");
            String[] p2 = o2.split(":");
            int p = 0;
            while (p < p1.length && p < p2.length) {
                int i1 = scopes.indexOf(p1[p]);
                int i2 = scopes.indexOf(p2[p]);
                if (i1 < 0) {
                    if (i2 < 0) {
                        int c = p1[p].compareTo(p2[p]);
                        if (c != 0) {
                            return c;
                        } else {
                            p++;
                        }
                    } else {
                        return +1;
                    }
                } else if (i2 < 0) {
                    return -1;
                } else if (i1 < i2) {
                    return -1;
                } else if (i1 > i2) {
                    return +1;
                } else {
                    p++;
                }
            }
            return 0;
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shell/core/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/shell/impl/console/CommandsCompleter.java [146:189]:
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    protected void sort(Map<String, Completer>[] completers, List<String> scopes) {
        ScopeComparator comparator = new ScopeComparator(scopes);
        for (int i = 0; i < completers.length; i++) {
            Map<String, Completer> map = new TreeMap<>(comparator);
            map.putAll(completers[i]);
            completers[i] = map;
        }
    }

    protected static class ScopeComparator implements Comparator<String> {
        private final List<String> scopes;
        public ScopeComparator(List<String> scopes) {
            this.scopes = scopes;
        }
        @Override
        public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
            String[] p1 = o1.split(":");
            String[] p2 = o2.split(":");
            int p = 0;
            while (p < p1.length && p < p2.length) {
                int i1 = scopes.indexOf(p1[p]);
                int i2 = scopes.indexOf(p2[p]);
                if (i1 < 0) {
                    if (i2 < 0) {
                        int c = p1[p].compareTo(p2[p]);
                        if (c != 0) {
                            return c;
                        } else {
                            p++;
                        }
                    } else {
                        return +1;
                    }
                } else if (i2 < 0) {
                    return -1;
                } else if (i1 < i2) {
                    return -1;
                } else if (i1 > i2) {
                    return +1;
                } else {
                    p++;
                }
            }
            return 0;
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