diff --git a/bench/locli/locli.cabal b/bench/locli/locli.cabal
index 5cd50392a00..09c16e1eafe 100644
--- a/bench/locli/locli.cabal
+++ b/bench/locli/locli.cabal
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ library
                        Cardano.Analysis.ChainFilter
                        Cardano.Analysis.Driver
                        Cardano.Analysis.MachTimeline
+                       Cardano.Analysis.Version
 
                        Cardano.Unlog.Commands
                        Cardano.Unlog.LogObject
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API.hs
index 3a3e334c59f..182240377b9 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API.hs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import Ouroboros.Network.Block  (BlockNo(..))
 
 import Cardano.Analysis.ChainFilter
 import Cardano.Analysis.Profile
+import Cardano.Analysis.Version
 import Cardano.Logging.Resources.Types
 import Cardano.Unlog.LogObject  hiding (Text)
 import Cardano.Unlog.Render
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ import Data.Distribution
 -- | Results of block propagation analysis.
 data BlockPropagation
   = BlockPropagation
-    { bpSlotRange           :: !(SlotNo, SlotNo) -- ^ Analysis range, inclusive.
+    { bpVersion             :: !Version
+    , bpSlotRange           :: !(SlotNo, SlotNo) -- ^ Analysis range, inclusive.
     , bpForgerForges        :: !(Distribution Float NominalDiffTime)
     , bpForgerAdoptions     :: !(Distribution Float NominalDiffTime)
     , bpForgerAnnouncements :: !(Distribution Float NominalDiffTime)
@@ -143,7 +145,8 @@ data DataDomain
 -- | The top-level representation of the machine timeline analysis results.
 data MachTimeline
   = MachTimeline
-    { sSlotRange         :: (SlotNo, SlotNo) -- ^ Analysis range, inclusive.
+    { sVersion           :: !Version
+    , sSlotRange         :: (SlotNo, SlotNo) -- ^ Analysis range, inclusive.
     , sMaxChecks         :: !Word64
     , sSlotMisses        :: ![Word64]
     , sSpanLensCPU85     :: ![Int]
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/BlockProp.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/BlockProp.hs
index 949aadd72a0..372331a616d 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/BlockProp.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/BlockProp.hs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import Data.Distribution
 import Cardano.Analysis.API
 import Cardano.Analysis.ChainFilter
 import Cardano.Analysis.Profile
+import Cardano.Analysis.Version
 import Cardano.Unlog.LogObject  hiding (Text)
 import Cardano.Unlog.Render
 import Cardano.Unlog.Resources
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ doBlockProp p cFilters eventMaps = do
       | p@(Perc p') <- adoptionPcts <> [Perc 1.0] ]
     , bpSizes               = forgerEventsCDF   (Just . bfBlockSize . beForge)
     , bpChainBlockEvents    = chain
+    , bpVersion             = getVersion
     }
  where
    chain, chainV :: [BlockEvents]
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/Driver.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/Driver.hs
index dcc799b407e..fe38f213522 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/Driver.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/Driver.hs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ module Cardano.Analysis.Driver
   , runAnalysisCommand
   ) where
 
-import Prelude                          (String, error)
+import Prelude                          (String)
+import Prelude           qualified as P (error, head)
 import Cardano.Prelude
 
 import Control.Arrow                    ((&&&))
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import Cardano.Analysis.BlockProp
 import Cardano.Analysis.ChainFilter
 import Cardano.Analysis.MachTimeline
 import Cardano.Analysis.Profile
+import Cardano.Analysis.Version
 import Cardano.Unlog.Commands
 import Cardano.Unlog.LogObject          hiding (Text)
 import Cardano.Unlog.Render
@@ -72,11 +74,27 @@ renderAnalysisCmdError cmd err =
               , mconcat (renderer cmdErr)
               ]
 
+-- | This estimates the run identifier, given the expected path structure.
+logfileRunIdentifier :: Text -> Text
+logfileRunIdentifier fp =
+  case drop (length xs - 3) xs of
+    rundir:_ -> rundir
+    _ -> fp
+ where
+   xs = T.split (== '/') fp
+
+textId :: FilePath -> Text
+textId inputfp = mconcat
+  [ "input: ", logfileRunIdentifier (T.pack inputfp), " "
+  , "locli: ", gitRev getVersion
+  ]
+
 --
 -- Analysis command dispatch
 --
 runAnalysisCommand :: AnalysisCommand -> ExceptT AnalysisCmdError IO ()
 runAnalysisCommand (MachineTimelineCmd genesisFile metaFile mChFiltersFile logfiles oFiles) = do
+  progress "run"     (Q . T.unpack . logfileRunIdentifier . T.pack . unJsonLogfile $ P.head logfiles)
   progress "genesis" (Q $ unJsonGenesisFile genesisFile)
   progress "meta"    (Q $ unJsonRunMetafile metaFile)
   chainInfo <-
@@ -99,6 +117,7 @@ runAnalysisCommand (MachineTimelineCmd genesisFile metaFile mChFiltersFile logfi
   firstExceptT AnalysisCmdError $
     runMachineTimeline chainInfo logfiles chFilters oFiles
 runAnalysisCommand (BlockPropagationCmd genesisFile metaFile mChFiltersFile logfiles oFiles) = do
+  progress "run"     (Q . T.unpack . logfileRunIdentifier . T.pack . unJsonLogfile $ P.head logfiles)
   progress "genesis" (Q $ unJsonGenesisFile genesisFile)
   progress "meta"    (Q $ unJsonRunMetafile metaFile)
   chainInfo <-
@@ -156,7 +175,7 @@ runBlockPropagation cInfo chConds logfiles BlockPropagationOutputFiles{..} = do
       \(TextOutputFile f) ->
         withFile f WriteMode $ \hnd -> do
           progress "pretty-timeline" (Q f)
-          hPutStrLn hnd . T.pack $ printf "--- input: %s" f
+          hPutStrLn hnd $ textId f
           mapM_ (T.hPutStrLn hnd)
             (renderDistributions (cProfile cInfo) RenderPretty blockPropagation)
           mapM_ (T.hPutStrLn hnd)
@@ -271,8 +290,7 @@ runMachineTimeline chainInfo logfiles chFilters MachineTimelineOutputFiles{..} =
    renderPrettyMachTimeline xs s (TextOutputFile f) =
      withFile f WriteMode $ \hnd -> do
        progress "pretty-timeline" (Q f)
-       hPutStrLn hnd . T.pack $
-         printf "--- input: %s" f
+       hPutStrLn hnd $ textId f
        mapM_ (T.hPutStrLn hnd)
          (renderDistributions p RenderPretty s)
        mapM_ (T.hPutStrLn hnd)
@@ -290,7 +308,7 @@ runMachineTimeline chainInfo logfiles chFilters MachineTimelineOutputFiles{..} =
            renderRunScalars rs
    renderExportTimeline :: [SlotStats] -> CsvOutputFile -> IO ()
    renderExportTimeline _xs (CsvOutputFile _o) =
-     error "Timeline export is not supported."
+     P.error "Timeline export is not supported."
      -- withFile o WriteMode $
      --   mapM_ (T.hPutStrLn hnd) (renderTimeline xs)
 
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/MachTimeline.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/MachTimeline.hs
index 2379ce9d991..3f579f39f9e 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/MachTimeline.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/MachTimeline.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import Data.Distribution
 
 import Cardano.Analysis.API
 import Cardano.Analysis.Profile
+import Cardano.Analysis.Version
 import Cardano.Unlog.LogObject hiding (Text)
 import Cardano.Unlog.Render
 import Cardano.Unlog.Resources
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ slotStatsMachTimeline CInfo{} slots =
       computeResDistrib stdPercentiles resDistProjs slots
   , sSpanLensCPU85EBndDistrib = computeDistribution stdPercentiles sSpanLensCPU85EBnd
   , sSpanLensCPU85RwdDistrib  = computeDistribution stdPercentiles sSpanLensCPU85Rwd
+  , sVersion          = getVersion
   }
  where
    sSpanLensCPU85EBnd = Vec.length <$>
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/Version.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/Version.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25b7705deec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/Version.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveAnyClass #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ImportQualifiedPost #-}
+module Cardano.Analysis.Version
+  (Version (..), getVersion)
+where
+
+import Data.Aeson               (ToJSON(..), FromJSON(..))
+import Data.Text                (Text, pack)
+import Data.Version             (showVersion)
+import GHC.Generics             (Generic)
+import Paths_locli              (version)
+import Prelude                  (Show)
+import Cardano.Config.Git.Rev qualified (gitRev)
+
+
+data Version =
+  Version
+  { gitRev  :: Text
+  , version :: Text
+  }
+  deriving (Generic, FromJSON, Show, ToJSON)
+
+getVersion :: Version
+getVersion =
+  Version
+    Cardano.Config.Git.Rev.gitRev
+    (pack (showVersion Paths_locli.version))
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Parsers.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Parsers.hs
index d67bd6a9892..1811eb1fbfb 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Parsers.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Parsers.hs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ parseCommand :: Parser Command
 parseCommand =
   asum
     [ parseAnalysis
-    , parseDisplayVersion
     ]
 
 parseAnalysis :: Parser Command
@@ -47,21 +46,3 @@ parseAnalysis =
         "Log analysis"
          parseAnalysisCommands
     ]
-
-parseDisplayVersion :: Parser Command
-parseDisplayVersion =
-      subparser
-        (mconcat
-         [ commandGroup "Miscellaneous commands"
-         , metavar "Miscellaneous commands"
-         , command'
-           "version"
-           "Show the locli version"
-           (pure DisplayVersion)
-         ]
-        )
-  <|> flag' DisplayVersion
-        (  long "version"
-        <> help "Show the locli version"
-        <> hidden
-        )
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Run.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Run.hs
index 12fdb660987..00788c078b8 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Run.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Unlog/Run.hs
@@ -5,28 +5,28 @@ module Cardano.Unlog.Run
   , CommandErrors
   , renderCommandError
   , runCommand
+  -- * Re-exports
+  , gitRev
+  , 
   ) where
 
 import Cardano.Prelude
 
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Except.Extra (firstExceptT)
-import Data.Text qualified as Text
+import Data.Aeson                 qualified as AE
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 qualified as LBS
 
 import Cardano.Analysis.Driver (AnalysisCmdError, renderAnalysisCmdError,
            runAnalysisCommand)
 import Cardano.Unlog.Commands (AnalysisCommand)
 
-import Cardano.Config.Git.Rev (gitRev)
-import Data.Version (showVersion)
-import Paths_locli (version)
+import Cardano.Analysis.Version
 
 -- | Sub-commands of 'locli'.
 data Command =
 
   -- | Analysis commands
     AnalysisCommand AnalysisCommand
-
-  | DisplayVersion
   deriving Show
 
 data CommandErrors
@@ -34,18 +34,10 @@ data CommandErrors
   deriving Show
 
 runCommand :: Command -> ExceptT CommandErrors IO ()
-runCommand (AnalysisCommand c) = firstExceptT (AnalysisError c) $ runAnalysisCommand c
-runCommand DisplayVersion = runDisplayVersion
+runCommand (AnalysisCommand c) = do
+  liftIO $ LBS.putStrLn $ AE.encode getVersion
+  firstExceptT (AnalysisError c) $ runAnalysisCommand c
 
 renderCommandError :: CommandErrors -> Text
 renderCommandError (AnalysisError cmd err) =
   renderAnalysisCmdError cmd err
-
-runDisplayVersion :: ExceptT CommandErrors IO ()
-runDisplayVersion = do
-    liftIO . putTextLn $ mconcat
-                [ "locli ", renderVersion version
-                , ", git rev ", gitRev
-                ]
-  where
-    renderVersion = Text.pack . showVersion
diff --git a/nix/workbench/lib-cabal.sh b/nix/workbench/lib-cabal.sh
index bbdd04ce874..833edb91065 100644
--- a/nix/workbench/lib-cabal.sh
+++ b/nix/workbench/lib-cabal.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ function cardano-topology() {
 }
 
 function locli() {
-  cabal -v0 run exe:locli -- "$@"
+    cabal -v0 build exe:locli
+    set-git-rev \
+        $(git rev-parse HEAD) \
+        $(find ./dist-newstyle/build/ -type f -name locli)
+    cabal -v0 exec      locli -- "$@"
 }
 
 function tx-generator() {
-  cabal -v0 run exe:tx-generator -- "$@"
+    cabal -v0 run exe:tx-generator -- "$@"
 }
 
 export WORKBENCH_CABAL_MODE=t
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index db9fcdfb76f..af1e745fa31 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ let
       cardano-ping
       cabalWrapped
       ghcid
+      haskellBuildUtils
       pkgs.graphviz
       weeder
       nixWrapped