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overlays: file-add source field should be optional

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Since Apr 24, 2026.

  • #119 by @Kelvinoppong — open

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Locate the overlays implementation that handles the file-add operation and its file and source fields. Check how omitted fields are currently validated or interpreted, then verify that omitting source uses file as the source without changing explicit source values.

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Description

area: overlays enhancement usability

The common use case for file-add is probably going to be where file == source, so it would be good for the source field to be optional so we don't always have to specify both of them with the same value

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Imported on behalf of @ddstreet

Dominant language
Go
Stars
18
Forks
28
Avg merge
6d 19h
Merged PRs (30d)
19

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