From c40129d610e0c589010c5977d03b06c594e842d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Craig-Wood <nick@craig-wood.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 15:09:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fs: allow backends to have aliases #5616

This allows a backend to have multiple aliases. These aliases are
hidden from `rclone config` and the command line flags are hidden from
the user. However the flags, environment varialbes and config for the
alias will work just fine.
---
 fs/config/config.go |  3 +++
 fs/registry.go      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/config/config.go b/fs/config/config.go
index ca5b0903d..65780c367 100644
--- a/fs/config/config.go
+++ b/fs/config/config.go
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ func fsOption() *fs.Option {
 		Required: true,
 	}
 	for _, item := range fs.Registry {
+		if item.Hide {
+			continue
+		}
 		example := fs.OptionExample{
 			Value: item.Name,
 			Help:  item.Description,
diff --git a/fs/registry.go b/fs/registry.go
index 4f51062e3..99ca53551 100644
--- a/fs/registry.go
+++ b/fs/registry.go
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ type RegInfo struct {
 	Options Options
 	// The command help, if any
 	CommandHelp []CommandHelp
+	// Aliases - other names this backend is known by
+	Aliases []string
+	// Hide - if set don't show in the configurator
+	Hide bool
 }
 
 // FileName returns the on disk file name for this backend
@@ -256,6 +260,18 @@ func Register(info *RegInfo) {
 		info.Prefix = info.Name
 	}
 	Registry = append(Registry, info)
+	for _, alias := range info.Aliases {
+		// Copy the info block and rename and hide the alias and options
+		aliasInfo := *info
+		aliasInfo.Name = alias
+		aliasInfo.Prefix = alias
+		aliasInfo.Hide = true
+		aliasInfo.Options = append(Options(nil), info.Options...)
+		for i := range aliasInfo.Options {
+			aliasInfo.Options[i].Hide = OptionHideBoth
+		}
+		Registry = append(Registry, &aliasInfo)
+	}
 }
 
 // Find looks for a RegInfo object for the name passed in.  The name