From f9ac0e65ecdd1590f7950451adc7ce7faec70310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VorTechnix <45538536+VorTechnix@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 18:54:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] alias override

---
 worldeditadditions_core/register/override.lua | 21 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/worldeditadditions_core/register/override.lua b/worldeditadditions_core/register/override.lua
index bf7bb4e..0857184 100644
--- a/worldeditadditions_core/register/override.lua
+++ b/worldeditadditions_core/register/override.lua
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 local we_c = worldeditadditions_core
 function we_c.override_command(name, def)
-	local success, def = we_c.check(def)
+	local def = table.copy(def)
+	local success, err = we_c.check_command(name, def)
 
 	if not success then
-		return false, def
+		error(err)
+		return false
 	end
 
 	minetest.override_chatcommand("/" .. name, {
@@ -16,3 +18,18 @@ function we_c.override_command(name, def)
 	})
 	worldedit.registered_commands[name] = def
 end
+
+function we_c.alias_override(alias, original)
+	if not worldedit.registered_commands[original] then
+		minetest.log("error", "worldedit_shortcommands: original " .. original .. " does not exist")
+		return
+	end
+	if minetest.chatcommands["/" .. alias] then
+		minetest.override_chatcommand("/" .. alias, minetest.chatcommands["/" .. original])
+		worldedit.registered_commands[alias] = worldedit.registered_commands[original]
+	else
+		minetest.register_chatcommand("/" .. alias, minetest.chatcommands["/" .. original])
+		worldedit.registered_commands[alias] = worldedit.registered_commands[original]
+	end
+
+end