How to sort depended objects by dependency

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Having struggled with this for a while, here’s my attempt at a Linq style TSort extension method:

public static IEnumerable<T> TSort<T>( this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T, IEnumerable<T>> dependencies, bool throwOnCycle = false )
{
    var sorted = new List<T>();
    var visited = new HashSet<T>();

    foreach( var item in source )
        Visit( item, visited, sorted, dependencies, throwOnCycle );

    return sorted;
}

private static void Visit<T>( T item, HashSet<T> visited, List<T> sorted, Func<T, IEnumerable<T>> dependencies, bool throwOnCycle )
{
    if( !visited.Contains( item ) )
    {
        visited.Add( item );

        foreach( var dep in dependencies( item ) )
            Visit( dep, visited, sorted, dependencies, throwOnCycle );

        sorted.Add( item );
    }
    else
    {
        if( throwOnCycle && !sorted.Contains( item ) )
            throw new Exception( "Cyclic dependency found" );
    }
}

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