How do I automatically add a dll reference alias with premake5

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How do I create link references that include aliases in the Visual Studio project using premake5?

I am having an issue where some namespaces and classes exist in multiple DLLs and the overlap is causing errors when building the project in Visual Studio unless I manually alter one of the references to have an alias. Then everything builds fine and works as expected. My problem is that I have not found a way to add the reference alias using premake5 so I keep having to re-edit the project file after it is created each time.