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cli: reconsider version flag semantics #1579

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@vadim-anfv

as a sender or receiver if i use --bip78=false, to me that would imply also not payjoinining with bip 78 peers, but the implemented behavior is to choose the default version. renaming these to prefer-bip78 etc might be more descriptive, but perhaps the entire meaning of these flags should be reconsidered given the recent shift towards discouraging bip 78 more

Originally posted by @nothingmuch in #1530

Current state

  • --bip78 (and --bip77) is a marker flag - true if passed, no value accepted:

    $ payjoin-cli --bip78=false receive 50000
    error: unexpected value 'false' for '--bip78' found; no more were expected
    
  • Both flags coexist but are mutually exclusive in practice, enforced by a manual check in Config::determine_version:

    $ payjoin-cli --bip77 --bip78 receive 50000
    Error: Multiple version flags specified. Please use only one of: --bip77, --bip78
    

Proposal

Given the recent shift towards discouraging bip 78, we can simplify the flags by dropping --bip77:

  • default to v2
  • switch to v1 only when --bip78 is passed

Like:

payjoin-cli receive 50000           # default: v2
payjoin-cli --bip78 receive 50000   # legacy: v1

Scope: changes only in the CLI args and Config::new.

Happy to PR once I get a concept ACK.

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