diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index 45d05c21695..2534bc47ef4 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -666,3 +667,12 @@ func Batch[S ~[]E, E any](blobs S, batchSize int) (batches []S) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+// Sort takes a slice of fmt.Stringer implementers and returns a new sorted slice
+func Sort[S ~[]E, E fmt.Stringer](x S) S {
+	n := slices.Clone(x)
+	slices.SortFunc(n, func(a, b E) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.String(), b.String())
+	})
+	return n
+}
diff --git a/common/common_test.go b/common/common_test.go
index 6f2df157715..736b5c9e775 100644
--- a/common/common_test.go
+++ b/common/common_test.go
@@ -866,3 +866,14 @@ func TestBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, b[1], 3)
 	require.Len(t, b[2], 1)
 }
+
+type A int
+
+func (a A) String() string {
+	return strconv.Itoa(int(a))
+}
+
+// TestSort exercises Sort
+func TestSort(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, Sort([]A{6, 2, 5, 1}), []A{1, 2, 5, 6})
+}