@@ -43,15 +43,17 @@ def main():
4343 help = "Language for checks (auto-detected from files if not specified)" )
4444 check_parser .add_argument ("-u" , "--update" , action = "store_true" ,
4545 help = "Force update checks from remote" )
46- check_parser .add_argument ("--local" , metavar = "PATH" , help = "Path to local checks directory" )
46+ check_parser .add_argument ("-d" , "--dev" , metavar = "PATH" ,
47+ help = "Development mode: PATH is interpreted as a literal path to checks directory" )
4748
4849 # Submit command
4950 submit_parser = subparsers .add_parser ("submit" , help = "Submit your code" )
5051 submit_parser .add_argument ("slug" , help = "The submission slug (e.g., cs50/hello)" )
5152 submit_parser .add_argument ("-m" , "--message" , help = "Commit message" )
5253 submit_parser .add_argument ("-y" , "--yes" , action = "store_true" , help = "Skip confirmation" )
5354 submit_parser .add_argument ("-L" , "--language" , help = "Language of submission (auto-detected if not specified)" )
54- submit_parser .add_argument ("--local" , metavar = "PATH" , help = "Path to local checks directory (for file list)" )
55+ submit_parser .add_argument ("-d" , "--dev" , metavar = "PATH" ,
56+ help = "Development mode: PATH is literal path to checks directory (for file list)" )
5557 submit_parser .add_argument ("--async" , dest = "async_mode" , action = "store_true" ,
5658 help = "Don't wait for evaluation result (return immediately)" )
5759 submit_parser .add_argument ("--timeout" , type = int , default = 60 ,
@@ -181,16 +183,16 @@ def run_check(args):
181183 language = detect_language (directory = Path .cwd (), explicit = explicit_lang )
182184
183185 # Determine check directory
184- if args .local :
185- # Combine local path with slug (e.g., /path/to/checks + cs50/hello)
186- check_dir = Path (args .local ).resolve () / slug
186+ if args .dev :
187+ # Development mode: combine dev path with slug (e.g., /path/to/checks + cs50/hello)
188+ check_dir = Path (args .dev ).resolve () / slug
187189 else :
188190 # Try remote download first, then fall back to local search
189191 check_dir = find_check_dir (slug , language = language , force_update = force_update )
190192
191193 if not check_dir or not check_dir .exists ():
192194 termcolor .cprint (f"Error: Could not find checks for '{ slug } '" , "red" , file = sys .stderr )
193- termcolor .cprint ("Use --local to specify a local checks directory." , "yellow" , file = sys .stderr )
195+ termcolor .cprint ("Use --dev to specify a checks directory for development ." , "yellow" , file = sys .stderr )
194196 return 1
195197
196198 # Set internal state
@@ -526,14 +528,14 @@ def run_submit(args):
526528 token = get_token ()
527529
528530 # Determine check directory for file list
529- if args .local :
530- check_dir = Path (args .local ).resolve ()
531+ if args .dev :
532+ check_dir = Path (args .dev ).resolve ()
531533 else :
532534 check_dir = find_check_dir (slug , language = language )
533535
534536 if not check_dir or not check_dir .exists ():
535537 termcolor .cprint (f"Error: Could not find config for '{ slug } '" , "red" , file = sys .stderr )
536- termcolor .cprint ("Use --local to specify the checks directory." , "yellow" , file = sys .stderr )
538+ termcolor .cprint ("Use --dev to specify the checks directory for development ." , "yellow" , file = sys .stderr )
537539 return 1
538540
539541 # Load config to get file list
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