From a2f78d01bd4d105da374c46bd40c2a585bddd536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joram Wilander <jwawilander@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:41:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix LHS group message sorting (#5812)

---
 webapp/utils/channel_utils.jsx | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/webapp/utils/channel_utils.jsx b/webapp/utils/channel_utils.jsx
index 2bb30af5c7..d916ca2545 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/channel_utils.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/channel_utils.jsx
@@ -102,13 +102,30 @@ export function sortChannelsByDisplayName(a, b) {
         return (typeToPrefixMap[a.type] || defaultPrefix).localeCompare((typeToPrefixMap[b.type] || defaultPrefix), locale);
     }
 
-    if (a.display_name !== b.display_name) {
-        return a.display_name.localeCompare(b.display_name, locale, {numeric: true});
+    const aDisplayName = getChannelDisplayName(a);
+    const bDisplayName = getChannelDisplayName(b);
+
+    if (aDisplayName !== bDisplayName) {
+        return aDisplayName.localeCompare(bDisplayName, locale, {numeric: true});
     }
 
     return a.name.localeCompare(b.name, locale, {numeric: true});
 }
 
+function getChannelDisplayName(channel) {
+    if (channel.type !== Constants.GM_CHANNEL) {
+        return channel.display_name;
+    }
+
+    const currentUser = UserStore.getCurrentUser();
+
+    if (currentUser) {
+        return channel.display_name.replace(currentUser.username + ', ', '');
+    }
+
+    return channel.display_name;
+}
+
 export function showCreateOption(channelType, isAdmin, isSystemAdmin) {
     if (global.window.mm_license.IsLicensed !== 'true') {
         return true;