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<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/20627|#20627 Deprecated fields not preserved for target generators>
Issue created by <https://github.com/kaos|kaos>
*Describe the bug*  
When a target field has a deprecated alias, it is not propagated to the generated target when using the deprecated alias, nor is there a warning about using the deprecated name for the field.

*Pants version*  
`main`

*OS*  
Any

*Additional info*  
As found by <https://github.com/krishnan-chandra|@krishnan-chandra> and identified by <https://github.com/kaos|@kaos> in <https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/20626#discussion_r1505851913|#20626 (comment)>
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants|pantsbuild/pants>

<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/20627|#20627 Deprecated fields not preserved for target generators>
Issue closed as completed by <https://github.com/kaos|kaos>
<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants|pantsbuild/pants>