Make the node version independent of the crate version (#1495)

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 {