diff --git a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/inputs/options/standard.go b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/inputs/options/standard.go
index 0ba2712520..dc7391b91d 100644
--- a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/inputs/options/standard.go
+++ b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/inputs/options/standard.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Open Component Model contributors.
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 package options
 
 import (
@@ -14,41 +10,45 @@ var (
 	MediaTypeOption = options.MediatypeOption
 )
 
-var PathOption = flagsets.NewStringOptionType("inputPath", "path field for input")
-
+// string options
 var (
-	CompressOption = flagsets.NewBoolOptionType("inputCompress", "compress option for input")
-	ExcludeOption  = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputExcludes", "excludes (path) for inputs")
+	VersionOption        = flagsets.NewStringOptionType("inputVersion", "version info for inputs")
+	TextOption           = flagsets.NewStringOptionType("inputText", "utf8 text")
+	HelmRepositoryOption = flagsets.NewStringOptionType("inputHelmRepository", "helm repository base URL")
+)
+var (
+	VariantsOption  = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputVariants", "(platform) variants for inputs")
+	ExcludeOption   = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputExcludes", "excludes (path) for inputs")
+	PlatformsOption = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputPlatforms", "input filter for image platforms ([os]/[architecture])")
 )
 
+// path options
 var (
-	IncludeOption     = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputIncludes", "includes (path) for inputs")
-	PreserveDirOption = flagsets.NewBoolOptionType("inputPreserveDir", "preserve directory in archive for inputs")
+	PathOption = flagsets.NewPathOptionType("inputPath", "path field for input")
+)
+var (
+	IncludeOption   = flagsets.NewPathArrayOptionType("inputIncludes", "includes (path) for inputs")
+	LibrariesOption = flagsets.NewPathArrayOptionType("inputLibraries", "library path for inputs")
 )
 
+// boolean options
 var (
+	CompressOption       = flagsets.NewBoolOptionType("inputCompress", "compress option for input")
+	PreserveDirOption    = flagsets.NewBoolOptionType("inputPreserveDir", "preserve directory in archive for inputs")
 	FollowSymlinksOption = flagsets.NewBoolOptionType("inputFollowSymlinks", "follow symbolic links during archive creation for inputs")
-	VariantsOption       = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputVariants", "(platform) variants for inputs")
 )
 
-var LibrariesOption = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputLibraries", "library path for inputs")
-
-var VersionOption = flagsets.NewStringOptionType("inputVersion", "version info for inputs")
-
-var ValuesOption = flagsets.NewValueMapYAMLOptionType("inputValues", "YAML based generic values for inputs")
-
-var DataOption = flagsets.NewBytesOptionType("inputData", "data (string, !!string or !<base64>")
-
-var TextOption = flagsets.NewStringOptionType("inputText", "utf8 text")
-
-var YAMLOption = flagsets.NewYAMLOptionType("inputYaml", "YAML formatted text")
-
-var JSONOption = flagsets.NewYAMLOptionType("inputJson", "JSON formatted text")
-
-var FormattedJSONOption = flagsets.NewYAMLOptionType("inputFormattedJson", "JSON formatted text")
-
-var HelmRepositoryOption = flagsets.NewStringOptionType("inputHelmRepository", "helm repository base URL")
+// data options
+var (
+	DataOption = flagsets.NewBytesOptionType("inputData", "data (string, !!string or !<base64>")
+)
 
+// yaml/json options
 var (
-	PlatformsOption = flagsets.NewStringArrayOptionType("inputPlatforms", "input filter for image platforms ([os]/[architecture])")
+	YAMLOption          = flagsets.NewYAMLOptionType("inputYaml", "YAML formatted text")
+	JSONOption          = flagsets.NewYAMLOptionType("inputJson", "JSON formatted text")
+	FormattedJSONOption = flagsets.NewYAMLOptionType("inputFormattedJson", "JSON formatted text")
+)
+var (
+	ValuesOption = flagsets.NewValueMapYAMLOptionType("inputValues", "YAML based generic values for inputs")
 )
diff --git a/pkg/cobrautils/flagsets/types.go b/pkg/cobrautils/flagsets/types.go
index bb1c165d77..719c7d7189 100644
--- a/pkg/cobrautils/flagsets/types.go
+++ b/pkg/cobrautils/flagsets/types.go
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Open Component Model contributors.
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 package flagsets
 
 import (
@@ -149,6 +145,82 @@ func (o *StringArrayOption) Value() interface{} {
 	return o.value
 }
 
+// PathOptionType //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+type Path string
+
+type PathOptionType struct {
+	TypeOptionBase
+}
+
+func NewPathOptionType(name string, description string) ConfigOptionType {
+	return &PathOptionType{
+		TypeOptionBase: TypeOptionBase{name, description},
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *PathOptionType) Equal(optionType ConfigOptionType) bool {
+	return reflect.DeepEqual(s, optionType)
+}
+
+func (s *PathOptionType) Create() Option {
+	return &PathOption{
+		OptionBase: NewOptionBase(s),
+	}
+}
+
+type PathOption struct {
+	OptionBase
+	value string // TODO replace with Path?
+}
+
+var _ Option = (*PathOption)(nil)
+
+func (o *PathOption) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	o.TweakFlag(flag.StringVarPF(fs, &o.value, o.otyp.GetName(), "", "", o.otyp.GetDescription()))
+}
+
+func (o *PathOption) Value() interface{} {
+	return o.value
+}
+
+// PathArrayOptionType //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+type PathArrayOptionType struct {
+	TypeOptionBase
+}
+
+func NewPathArrayOptionType(name string, description string) ConfigOptionType {
+	return &PathArrayOptionType{
+		TypeOptionBase: TypeOptionBase{name, description},
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *PathArrayOptionType) Equal(optionType ConfigOptionType) bool {
+	return reflect.DeepEqual(s, optionType)
+}
+
+func (s *PathArrayOptionType) Create() Option {
+	return &PathArrayOption{
+		OptionBase: NewOptionBase(s),
+	}
+}
+
+type PathArrayOption struct {
+	OptionBase
+	value []string // TODO replace with Path?
+}
+
+var _ Option = (*PathArrayOption)(nil)
+
+func (o *PathArrayOption) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	o.TweakFlag(flag.StringArrayVarPF(fs, &o.value, o.otyp.GetName(), "", nil, o.otyp.GetDescription()))
+}
+
+func (o *PathArrayOption) Value() interface{} {
+	return o.value
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 type BoolOptionType struct {