SYNOPSIS¶

  package App;
  use Mouse;
  with 'MouseX::Getopt';
  has 'data' => (
      metaclass => 'MouseX::Getopt::Meta::Attribute',
      is        => 'ro',
      isa       => 'Str',
      default   => 'file.dat',
      # tells MouseX::Getopt to use --somedata as the
      # command line flag instead of the normal
      # autogenerated one (--data)
      cmd_flag  => 'somedata',
      # tells MouseX::Getopt to also allow --moosedata,
      # -m, and -d as aliases for this same option on
      # the commandline.
      cmd_aliases => [qw/ moosedata m d /],
      # Or, you can use a plain scalar for a single alias:
      cmd_aliases => 'm',
  );

DESCRIPTION¶

This is a custom attribute metaclass which can be used to specify a the specific command line flag to use instead of the default one which MouseX::Getopt will create for you.

This is certainly not the prettiest way to go about this, but for now it works for those who might need such a feature.

  has 'foo' => (metaclass => 'Getopt', cmd_flag => 'f');