From abfc2ffaf5e83805e03579c5416e617899b2ef8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Bachor <bachorp@pm.me>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 16:21:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ls: allow detached --sort, --format, --time, --block-size

---
 src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs      |  4 ----
 tests/by-util/test_ls.rs | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index a156f455f3..16c3755397 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 "commas",
             ]))
             .hide_possible_values(true)
-            .require_equals(true)
             .overrides_with_all([
                 options::FORMAT,
                 options::format::COLUMNS,
@@ -385,7 +384,6 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 PossibleValue::new("birth").alias("creation"),
             ]))
             .hide_possible_values(true)
-            .require_equals(true)
             .overrides_with_all([options::TIME, options::time::ACCESS, options::time::CHANGE]),
     )
     .arg(
@@ -440,7 +438,6 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 "extension",
                 "width",
             ]))
-            .require_equals(true)
             .overrides_with_all([
                 options::SORT,
                 options::sort::SIZE,
@@ -627,7 +624,6 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
     .arg(
         Arg::new(options::size::BLOCK_SIZE)
             .long(options::size::BLOCK_SIZE)
-            .require_equals(true)
             .value_name("BLOCK_SIZE")
             .help(translate!("ls-help-block-size"))
             .overrides_with_all([options::size::SI, options::size::HUMAN_READABLE]),
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index 663f66f1e2..ca652de647 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -7549,3 +7549,13 @@ fn test_ls_al_no_capabilities_insufficient_on_wasi() {
         out.stdout_str()
     );
 }
+
+// https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/13280
+// options `--sort`, `--format`, `--time`, and `--blocksize` may be detached
+#[test]
+fn test_long_options_detached() {
+    new_ucmd!().arg("--sort").arg("name").succeeds();
+    new_ucmd!().arg("--format").arg("single-column").succeeds();
+    new_ucmd!().arg("--time").arg("mtime").succeeds();
+    new_ucmd!().arg("--block-size").arg("512").succeeds();
+}