I extended the example project with some potential use-cases for the `--patch-module-descriptor` option at [0]. Those use-cases show which command line option usages can be replaced and therefore simplified (as this RFE thread was coined) in the form of the following example:
Today: --add-modules java.sql --add-reads org.astro=java.sql With `--patch-module-descriptor src/org.astro/test/module-info.java`: module org.astro { // name specifies the "primary" module to be patched requires java.sql; // adds and reads the specified module } Cheers, Christian [0]: https://github.com/sormuras/java-module-patching#examples >