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I prefer lsd over exa because the flags are more compatible with standard ls

Agreed. I gave up on exa because `ls -tr` doesn’t work.

alias ls="exa -h --group-directories-first --icons -g $@ --git --color always"

That seems different than sorting by time?

Lots of workarounds, even more available now, but I ended up switching to lsd and love it. I like the file type icons.

I think that's what OP means by “easier to alias”