Add support for qmk_configurator style aliases (#11954)

* Add support for qmk_configurator style aliases

* add the keyboard aliases to the api data

* add support for a keyboard metadata file

* make flake8 happy

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/rules_mk.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/rules_mk.py
index 15917987b..91759d26c 100755
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/rules_mk.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/rules_mk.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ from dotty_dict import dotty
 from milc import cli
 
 from qmk.decorators import automagic_keyboard, automagic_keymap
-from qmk.info import _json_load, info_json
+from qmk.info import info_json
+from qmk.json_schema import json_load
+from qmk.keyboard import keyboard_folder
 from qmk.path import is_keyboard, normpath
 
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ def process_mapping_rule(kb_info_json, rules_key, info_dict):
 @cli.argument('-o', '--output', arg_only=True, type=normpath, help='File to write to')
 @cli.argument('-q', '--quiet', arg_only=True, action='store_true', help="Quiet mode, only output error messages")
 @cli.argument('-e', '--escape', arg_only=True, action='store_true', help="Escape spaces in quiet mode")
-@cli.argument('-kb', '--keyboard', help='Keyboard to generate config.h for.')
+@cli.argument('-kb', '--keyboard', type=keyboard_folder, help='Keyboard to generate config.h for.')
 @cli.subcommand('Used by the make system to generate info_config.h from info.json', hidden=True)
 @automagic_keyboard
 @automagic_keymap
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ def generate_rules_mk(cli):
         return False
 
     kb_info_json = dotty(info_json(cli.config.generate_rules_mk.keyboard))
-    info_rules_map = _json_load(Path('data/mappings/info_rules.json'))
+    info_rules_map = json_load(Path('data/mappings/info_rules.json'))
     rules_mk_lines = ['# This file was generated by `qmk generate-rules-mk`. Do not edit or copy.', '']
 
     # Iterate through the info_rules map to generate basic rules