From 113ae54e6e9a973064faf1532fec37c3d3c49d7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Klesti Selimaj <klesti.selimay@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 18:46:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved cli command options #100

---
 src/main.mist | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.mist b/src/main.mist
index 3f28e86..2fafbe0 100644
--- a/src/main.mist
+++ b/src/main.mist
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ use mist_api::transpiler;
 
 void main()
 {
-    Vec<String> args = env::args().collect();
+    Vec<String> mut args = env::args().collect();
     if args.len() < 2 {
         print_usage();
         process::exit(1);
     }
     match args[1].as_str() {
         "run" | "build" | "check" | "r" | "b" | "c" => {
-            let root = env::current_dir().expect("Unable to find project root");
+            let mut root = env::current_dir().expect("Unable to find project root");
+            modify_args(&mut args, &mut root);
             transpiler::transpile(&root);
             println!("");
             if builder::build(args, root) {
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ void main()
             }
         }
         "transpile" | "t" => {
-            let root = env::current_dir().expect("Unable to find project root");
+            let mut root = env::current_dir().expect("Unable to find project root");
+            modify_args(&mut args, &mut root);
             transpiler::transpile(&root);
         }
         "init" => {
@@ -47,6 +49,21 @@ void main()
     }
 }
 
+void modify_args(Vec<String> mut& args, std::path::PathBuf mut& root)
+{
+    if let Some(path_arg) = args.get(2) {
+        if path_arg == "--path" {
+            if args.len() > 3 {
+                let path_arg = args[3].clone();
+                *root = root.join(&path_arg);
+                args.remove(2);
+                args.remove(2);
+                args.push(format!("--manifest-path={}/Cargo.toml", root.display()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void print_usage()
 {
     println!("Mist - the mist compiler\n");