Make the node version independent of the crate version

polkadot/cli/src/cli.rs

@@ -19,8 +19,15 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-/// The version of the node. The passed-in version of the workers should match this.
-pub const NODE_VERSION: &'static str = env!("SUBSTRATE_CLI_IMPL_VERSION");
+/// The version of the node.
+///
+/// This is the version that is used for versioning this node binary.
+/// By default the `minor` version is bumped in every release. `Major` or `patch` releases are only
+/// expected in very rare cases.
+///
+/// The worker binaries associated to the node binary should ensure that they are using the same
+/// version as the main node that started them.
+pub const NODE_VERSION: &'static str = "1.1.0";
 
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]

polkadot/cli/src/command.rs

@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ impl SubstrateCli for Cli {
 	}
 
 	fn impl_version() -> String {
-		NODE_VERSION.into()
+		let commit_hash = env!("SUBSTRATE_CLI_COMMIT_HASH");
+		format!("{NODE_VERSION}-{commit_hash}")
 	}
 
 	fn description() -> String {

polkadot/node/core/pvf/common/src/worker/mod.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use tokio::{io, net::UnixStream, runtime::Runtime};
 /// spawning the desired worker.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! decl_worker_main {
-	($expected_command:expr, $entrypoint:expr, $worker_version:expr) => {
+	($expected_command:expr, $entrypoint:expr, $worker_version:expr $(,)*) => {
 		fn print_help(expected_command: &str) {
 			println!("{} {}", expected_command, $worker_version);
 			println!();

polkadot/src/bin/execute-worker.rs

@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 polkadot_node_core_pvf_common::decl_worker_main!(
 	"execute-worker",
 	polkadot_node_core_pvf_execute_worker::worker_entrypoint,
-	env!("SUBSTRATE_CLI_IMPL_VERSION")
+	polkadot_cli::NODE_VERSION,
 );

polkadot/src/bin/prepare-worker.rs

@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 polkadot_node_core_pvf_common::decl_worker_main!(
 	"prepare-worker",
 	polkadot_node_core_pvf_prepare_worker::worker_entrypoint,
-	env!("SUBSTRATE_CLI_IMPL_VERSION")
+	polkadot_cli::NODE_VERSION,
 );

substrate/utils/build-script-utils/src/version.rs

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub fn generate_cargo_keys() {
 		}
 	};
 
+	println!("cargo:rustc-env=SUBSTRATE_CLI_COMMIT_HASH={commit}");
 	println!("cargo:rustc-env=SUBSTRATE_CLI_IMPL_VERSION={}", get_version(&commit))
 }