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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The "name" field is already mandatory on the base item, so it's always available to default to if none is specified in a variant.
Sometimes a variant just needs a custom description and not a new name.
Solution you would like.
Make a variant's alt_name default to the base item's name if it isn't specified.
Cataclysm-DDA/src/item_factory.cpp
Line 3015 in c224235
Describe alternatives you have considered.
No response
Additional context
"description" is an optional field on the base item, so it does make sense to keep that mandatory on variants.