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Sometimes, for backwards compatibility or tradition or just plain convenience, it works better to define one option as a pure alias for another option. For such situations, provide the following pieces of information:
flag = { name = aliasing-option-name; value = aliasing-flag-char; // optional ! aliases = aliased-to-option; };
Do not provide anything else. The usage text for such an option will be:
This is an alias for aliased-to-option