From 0d1c8b98b6c0fed349a05cac281bc4e889ad0c3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jan=20Ku=C4=8Dera?= <miloush@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 18:37:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [merge] --import-file

---
 Lib/fontTools/merge/__init__.py | 4 ++++
 Lib/fontTools/merge/options.py  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/merge/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/merge/__init__.py
index 443353d67..d535e9e0e 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/merge/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/merge/__init__.py
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ def main(args=None):
 
     merger = Merger(options=options)
     font = merger.merge(fontfiles)
+    
+    if (options.import_file):
+        font.importXML(options.import_file)
+
     with timer("compile and save font"):
         font.save(options.output_file)
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/merge/options.py b/Lib/fontTools/merge/options.py
index 4acfa31a4..8bc894713 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/merge/options.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/merge/options.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Options(object):
         self.drop_tables = []
         self.input_file = None
         self.output_file = "merged.ttf"
+        self.import_file = None
 
         self.set(**kwargs)