[1.0.x] Comment on top

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In project file "comment_on_top.info.yml", the key core_version_requirement cannot be used to restrict to core version before 8.7.7 and it would throw a parsing exception.

So, you need to replace that with "core_version_requirement to ^8.8 || ^9 || ^10" to fix.

Source- https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/creating-modules/let-drupal-know-abo...

In each folder there are these files:
- .gitkeep
- DS_Store
- gitignore
Can you delete them please?

.gitignore files are allowed. There is no need to delete them.

Yes but, I think that if it is not necessary, it should be deleted. it's a standalone module.

The gitignore file contains:
.DS_Store
.idea/

This is a partial review! There are more issues, but some general problems should be addressed first.

1. There are still many coding standards violations. For example, the indentation and camelCase vs. snake_case should be fixed.
2. The CommentOnTopController extends the ControllerBase. Therefore, the injection of the entity type manager and messenger is not necessary. Just use $this->entityTypeManager() and $this->messenger().
3. The field type stick_comment_on_top might be overkill for this purpose. Why not just use a boolean field? Also, it might be more suitable to add a base field for the Comment entity, rather than attaching a field. Has to be handled properly during install and uninstall though.
4. I may not understand correctly what is happening there, but the comment_on_top_preprocess_node() hook feels out of place. Maybe the module should not be responsible for altering the comment form.
5. The actual sorting of the comments happens in a view hook. What would happen if the comments are displayed through a different approach? I am not sure how to solve this, but maybe one could provide a service to sort the comments properly. Or maybe a custom storage could be implemented to sort the comments on load.
6. Also, the hook comment_on_top_views_pre_render() does not distinguish which view we are dealing with.
7. You are using weitzmann test traits. These are not declared as a dependency though.

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