c25321f Add config changes to release notes (Anthony Towns)
5e3cbe0 [tests] Unit tests for -testnet/-regtest in [test]/[regtest] sections (Anthony Towns)
005ad26 ArgsManager: special handling for -regtest and -testnet (Anthony Towns)
608415d [tests] Unit tests for network-specific config entries (Anthony Towns)
68797e2 ArgsManager: Warn when ignoring network-specific config setting (Anthony Towns)
d1fc4d9 ArgsManager: limit some options to only apply on mainnet when in default section (Anthony Towns)
8a9817d [tests] Use regtest section in functional tests configs (Anthony Towns)
30f9407 [tests] Unit tests for config file sections (Anthony Towns)
95eb66d ArgsManager: support config file sections (Anthony Towns)
4d34fcc ArgsManager: drop m_negated_args (Anthony Towns)
3673ca3 ArgsManager: keep command line and config file arguments separate (Anthony Towns)
Pull request description:
The weekly meeting on [2017-12-07](http://www.erisian.com.au/meetbot/bitcoin-core-dev/2017/bitcoin-core-dev.2017-12-07-19.00.log.html) discussed allowing options to bitcoin to have some sensitivity to what network is in use. @theuni suggested having sections in the config file:
<cfields> an alternative to that would be sections in a config file. and on the
cmdline they'd look like namespaces. so, [testnet] port=5. or -testnet::port=5.
This approach is (more or less) supported by `boost::program_options::detail::config_file_iterator` -- when it sees a `[testnet]` section with `port=5`, it will treat that the same as "testnet.port=5". So `[testnet] port=5` (or `testnet.port=5` without the section header) in bitcoin.conf and `-testnet.port=5` on the command line.
The other aspect to this question is possibly limiting some options so that there is no possibility of accidental cross-contamination across networks. For example, if you're using a particular wallet.dat on mainnet, you may not want to accidentally use the same wallet on testnet and risk reusing keys.
I've set this up so that the `-addnode` and `-wallet` options are `NETWORK_ONLY`, so that if you have a bitcoin.conf:
wallet=/secret/wallet.dat
upnp=1
and you run `bitcoind -testnet` or `bitcoind -regtest`, then the `wallet=` setting will be ignored, and should behave as if your bitcoin.conf had specified:
upnp=1
[main]
wallet=/secret/wallet.dat
For any `NETWORK_ONLY` options, if you're using `-testnet` or `-regtest`, you'll have to add the prefix to any command line options. This was necessary for `multiwallet.py` for instance.
I've left the "default" options as taking precedence over network specific ones, which might be backwards. So if you have:
maxmempool=200
[regtest]
maxmempool=100
your maxmempool will still be 200 on regtest. The advantage of doing it this way is that if you have `[regtest] maxmempool=100` in bitcoin.conf, and then say `bitcoind -regtest -maxmempool=200`, the same result is probably in line with what you expect...
The other thing to note is that I'm using the chain names from `chainparamsbase.cpp` / `ChainNameFromCommandLine`, so the sections are `[main]`, `[test]` and `[regtest]`; not `[mainnet]` or `[testnet]` as might be expected.
Thoughts? Ping @MeshCollider @laanwj @jonasschnelli @morcos
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