diff --git a/cli/codegen/commands.ts b/cli/codegen/commands.ts
index 33e7bd50..120c8bad 100644
--- a/cli/codegen/commands.ts
+++ b/cli/codegen/commands.ts
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ const PRE_PUBLISH_OPTIONS: CommandSchema = {
       type: "'npm' | 'lerna'",
       description: 'git tag style, `npm` or `lerna`',
       default: "'lerna'",
+      short: 't',
     },
     {
       name: 'ghRelease',
diff --git a/cli/docs/pre-publish.md b/cli/docs/pre-publish.md
index c2a9e059..d47ca9c6 100644
--- a/cli/docs/pre-publish.md
+++ b/cli/docs/pre-publish.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ new NapiCli().prePublish({
 | configPath      | --config-path,-c    | string           | false    |                | Path to `napi` config json file                                                                                    |
 | packageJsonPath | --package-json-path | string           | false    | 'package.json' | Path to `package.json`                                                                                             |
 | npmDir          | --npm-dir           | string           | false    | 'npm'          | Path to the folder where the npm packages put                                                                      |
-| tagStyle        | --tag-style         | 'npm' \| 'lerna' | false    | 'lerna'        | git tag style, `npm` or `lerna`                                                                                    |
+| tagStyle        | --tag-style,-t      | 'npm' \| 'lerna' | false    | 'lerna'        | git tag style, `npm` or `lerna`                                                                                    |
 | ghRelease       | --gh-release        | boolean          | false    | true           | Whether create GitHub release                                                                                      |
 | ghReleaseName   | --gh-release-name   | string           | false    |                | GitHub release name                                                                                                |
 | ghReleaseId     | --gh-release-id     | string           | false    |                | Existing GitHub release id                                                                                         |
diff --git a/cli/src/api/pre-publish.ts b/cli/src/api/pre-publish.ts
index 87d94f5e..1deaccce 100644
--- a/cli/src/api/pre-publish.ts
+++ b/cli/src/api/pre-publish.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { execSync } from 'child_process'
 import { existsSync, statSync } from 'fs'
-import { join, relative, resolve } from 'path'
+import { join, resolve } from 'path'
 
 import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest'
 
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ export async function prePublish(userOptions: PrePublishOptions) {
 
   const options = applyDefaultPrePublishOptions(userOptions)
 
-  const configPath = relative(
-    options.cwd,
-    options.configPath ?? options.packageJsonPath,
-  )
-  const packageJsonPath = relative(options.cwd, options.packageJsonPath)
+  const packageJsonPath = resolve(options.cwd, options.packageJsonPath)
 
   const { packageJson, targets, packageName, binaryName, npmClient } =
-    await readNapiConfig(configPath, configPath)
+    await readNapiConfig(
+      packageJsonPath,
+      options.configPath ? resolve(options.cwd, options.configPath) : undefined,
+    )
 
   async function createGhRelease(packageName: string, version: string) {
     if (!options.ghRelease) {
diff --git a/cli/src/def/pre-publish.ts b/cli/src/def/pre-publish.ts
index 12098cb8..d2770735 100644
--- a/cli/src/def/pre-publish.ts
+++ b/cli/src/def/pre-publish.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export abstract class BasePrePublishCommand extends Command {
     description: 'Path to the folder where the npm packages put',
   })
 
-  tagStyle = Option.String('--tag-style', 'lerna', {
+  tagStyle = Option.String('--tag-style,-t', 'lerna', {
     description: 'git tag style, `npm` or `lerna`',
   })