Aptos CLI v6.0.0 Released: What’s New?

The Aptos team has released Aptos CLI v6.0.0, introducing several improvements and new features that enhance developer experience and usability. Here’s a quick rundown of the changes:

  • Set Compiler v2 as the default compiler and Move 2 as the default language version.
  • Add new --move-1 flag to use Compiler v1 and Move 1.
  • Add flag --benchmark to aptos move prove, which allows to benchmark verification times of individual functions in a package.
  • Add flag --only to aptos move prove, which allows to scope verification to a function.
  • Fix aptos init to show the explorer link for accounts when account is already created on chain instead of prompting to fund the account.
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