Giving an alias for multiple target patterns
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Description
I have a bunch of top level cells called `root//`, `third-party//`, and `cellar//`, and I'd like to build *everything* across *all* of them when doing things like CI integration.
Currently, I have to do that with a very verbose command:
```
buck2 build root//... third-party//... cellar//...
```
There is an `[alias]` stanza in `.buckconfig` which lets you alias *targets*, but not target *patterns*. This does not work:
```ini
[alias]
world = root//... third-party//... cellar//...
```
```
$ buck2 build world
File changed: root//.buckconfig
Parsing target pattern `world`
Caused by:
0: Error resolving alias `world`
1: [alias] section produced a dangling chain: `world -> root//... third-party//... cellar//...`
```
## Workarounds
I think you could use `@` syntax on the command line to include a file, so something like `buck2 build @world`, but that requires an actual file existing which is pretty messy, and I don't see why `[alias]` should not work.
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