This would be a shortcut for when someone just wants to run a binary with no intention of developing or installing. Right now, the shortest alternative is:
alr get blah && cd blah* && alr run
Also the wildcard sometimes raises eyebrows as what it is/why is needed.
alire-project / alire
Command-line tool from the Alire project and supporting library
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