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SYNOPSIS

package App;
use Mouse;
has 'data' => (
traits => [ 'Getopt' ],
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 trait 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.

cmd_flag

Changes the commandline flag to be this value, instead of the default, which is the same as the attribute name.

cmd_aliases

Adds more aliases for this commandline flag, useful for short options and such.

has_cmd_flag
has_cmd_aliases