Subdirectories cannot be larger than the directory that they are within, so they cannot be sorted _below_ their parent. Thus, the tree branches upwards, not dow

Subdirectories cannot be larger than the directory that they are within, so they cannot be sorted _below_ their parent. Thus, the tree branches upwards, not downwards. The root is at the bottom, where a tree’s root should be! Incidentally, dust sorts things the same way but presents it with a nicer tree: db48x  ~  1  dust -Db 2.6G ┌── saves 2.6G ┌─┴ .factorio 3.4G │ ┌── Steam 3.4G │ ┌─┴ share 3.4G ├─┴ .local 1.8G │ ┌── EgoSoft 3.5G ├─┴ .config 7.2G │ ┌── Amadeus (1984) DC (1080p BluRay x265 HEVC 10bit AAC 5.1 Tigole) 16G │ ├── Amadeus.1984.DC.INTERNAL.REPACK.1080p.BluRay.x264-CLASSiC[rarbg] 23G ├─┴ video 1.9G │ ┌── build 2.0G │ ┌─┴ notcurses 2.2G │ ├── wezterm 2.1G │ │ ┌── master 2.6G │ │ │ ┌── tiles 2.6G │ │ │ ┌─┴ obj 4.1G │ │ ├─┴ missions 2.6G │ │ │ ┌── tiles 2.6G │ │ │ ┌─┴ obj 4.1G │ │ ├─┴ iteminfo 5.6G │ │ ├── follower_rules 8.5G │ │ │ ┌── pack 8.6G │ │ │ ┌─┴ objects 8.6G │ │ │ ┌─┴ .git 10G │ │ ├─┴ uilist 26G │ ├─┴ cataclysm 33G ├─┴ src 72G ┌─┴ .