[cross-cutting] [P2] `-d` short used only by `compile --device`; everyone else uses `--device` with no short

[zhenchaoni]

Severity: P2
Command: cross-cutting

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Category: Reserved Short Flags — each short flag means one thing, used the same way across commands.

Repro:

uv run winml compile --help | Select-String '^\s+-d,'
uv run winml build --help   | Select-String '^\s+-d,'
uv run winml eval --help    | Select-String '^\s+-d,'
uv run winml perf --help    | Select-String '^\s+-d,'

Actual: Only compile declares -d, --device. Other commands take --device long-form only.

Expected: Either drop -d from compile (so --device is consistently long-form everywhere), or add -d, --device to all four commands. The shared device_option decorator from another audit finding should make this trivial.

Why it matters: A user who runs winml compile -d npu then tries winml build -d npu gets "no such option" with no hint that --device is the long form.

[DingmaomaoBJTU]

Triage summary

• Component: Other
• Priority: P2

-d short flag is only used by compile --device; all other commands use --device with no short. Standardize the -d alias across commands.

[zhenchaoni]

This is a simple consistency fix. Keep it as the effort is very minimum

[DingmaomaoBJTU]

Triage summary

• Component: Other
• Priority: P2

-d is only used as --device in compile; all other commands are missing a --device short alias. Next step: apply a consistent short-flag policy for --device across all commands.