Managing versions as saved in workflow.json

[kampelmuehler]

Describe the solution you'd like

Since a more recent update to Comfy manager the versions of custom nodes used in the workflow are saved in workflow.json. If I understand correctly the nodes feature of the cli doesn't currently recognize/implement any sort of versioning.
The solution I'd like would be for the cli to automatically install the correct versions of custom nodes referenced in workflow.json.

Describe alternatives you've considered

The alternative would be a manual workaround to keep the correct version. Also comfy manager cli doesn't appear to use versioning/registry yet.

Additional context

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[ltdrdata]

1. The utilization of information embedded in the workflow has already been planned.
2. The utilization of comfyregsitry (CNR) has already been implemented. Items labeled as UNKNOWN are non-CNR nodes, while those with a specified version are CNR nodes. The second column represents the node ID, which can be used for installation. comfy-cli node install <node ID>@<node version>

for example.

comfy-cli node install [email protected]

[kampelmuehler]

Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated.

Does that mean that a work around would be to go through the list in the json representation of the workflow, for example

    "node_versions": {
      "comfy-core": "0.3.12",
      "comfyui-kjnodes": "1.0.5"
    }

and run cli node install <node ID>@<node version> for each element?

[ltdrdata]

Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated.

Does that mean that a work around would be to go through the list in the json representation of the workflow, for example

    "node_versions": {
      "comfy-core": "0.3.12",
      "comfyui-kjnodes": "1.0.5"
    }

and run cli node install <node ID>@<node version> for each element?

Yup!
If it is not a CNR node, you can explicitly specify it as <repo name>@unknown.
If you want to install the linked GitHub version instead of the versioned package of CNR, you can specify it as <node ID>@nightly.

[kampelmuehler]

Cool, thanks a lot.

Does <node ID>@<commit hash> for git repos not work?

[kampelmuehler]

Answering my own question: commit hashes don't work, but when workflows are exported for nightly versions the commit hashes are exported. I'd argue it's somewhat required to be able to do comfy node install <node ID>@<commit hash>

[ltdrdata]

Answering my own question: commit hashes don't work, but when workflows are exported for nightly versions the commit hashes are exported. I'd argue it's somewhat required to be able to do comfy node install <node ID>@<commit hash>

I'll update it soon or later.
It will be patched on ComfyUI-Manager.

[kampelmuehler]

Very nice. Thanks for your effort.