From fc7db2706a9ae6afa4fd5a4aa46478cb380747e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Allemang <david.allemang@kitware.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:32:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Alias

---
 src/imup/__init__.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/imup/__init__.py b/src/imup/__init__.py
index 2a6e871..9f71137 100644
--- a/src/imup/__init__.py
+++ b/src/imup/__init__.py
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ class Args:
         ),
     )
 
+    alias: str
+    _p.add_argument(
+        '-a',
+        "--alias",
+        default=None,
+        help=(
+            "If only one SRC is provided, alias the image with this name. This is not supported for multiple upload."
+        ),
+    )
+
     tags: list[str]
     _p.add_argument(
         "-t",
@@ -81,6 +91,7 @@ class Args:
 
     view: bool
     _p.add_argument(
+        "-v",
         "--view",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
@@ -138,6 +149,21 @@ def main() -> None:
                 urls.append(url := url)
                 print(f"- {url} ({stat} {SRCNAME.get(src, src)})")
 
+                if args.alias and len(args.srcs) == 1:
+                    alias = mnt.joinpath(f"{args.alias}.webp")
+                    alias.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+                    if not (exists := alias.exists()) or args.reupload:
+                        stat = "realiased" if exists else "aliased"
+                        if exists:
+                            alias.unlink()
+                        os.link(dst, alias)  # transform_symlinks are bugged with sshfs, so use hardlink.
+                    else:
+                        stat = "skipped"
+
+                    alias_url = urljoin(base_url, str(alias.relative_to(mnt)))
+                    print(f"  {alias_url} ({stat})")
+
                 for tag in args.tags:
                     tag_dst = mnt.joinpath(tag, dst.name)
                     tag_dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)