Shortening volta brackets

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By default, volta brackets are drawn over all of the alternative music, but it is possible to shorten them by setting voltaSpannerDuration. In the snippet, the bracket spans onle a single measure, which has a duration of 3/4.

\version "2.24"

\relative c'' {
  \time 3/4
  c4 c c
  \set Score.voltaSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 3/4)
  \repeat volta 5 {
    d4 d d
    \alternative {
      \volta 1,2,3,4 {
        e4 e e
        f4 f f }
      \volta 5 {
        g4 g g } } }
}