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I am using set sort=-name at the moment becaus alphabetical order is the easiest way to find something in normal folders, but I need sort=-mtime in the Downloads folder since I need the latest file usually.

Is there some way I can achieve this?

Currently I am doing the following which looks a bit hacky because I don't see a DirLeave event:

autocmd DirEnter * set sort=+name
autocmd DirEnter ~/Downloads set sort=-mtime

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Use :setlocal:

autocmd DirEnter ~/Downloads setlocal sort=-mtime

Local options are automatically reset to global values when you change directory.

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Ah, I should have thought about that! Thanks @xaizek.

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