Add aliases to console_scripts inside setup()

Question

I was wondering if there is any way of specifying aliases to a command defined in console_scripts inside entry_points arg of setup().

Can I do something like this?

entry_points={
          'console_scripts': ['[command,alias0,alias1,alias2]=packagename.__main__:main'],
      },

Answer 1

Aliasing absolutely works, but not quite in the way you want it to. As long as a slight amount of code duplication is fine for you, you can do this instead:

entry_points={
    'console_scripts': [
        'command=packagename.__main__:main',
        'alias0=packagename.__main__:main',
        'alias1=packagename.__main__:main',
        'alias2=packagename.__main__:main'
]}