convert-to-safetensors.py

'''

Converts a transformers model to safetensors format and shards it.

This makes it faster to load (because of safetensors) and lowers its RAM usage
while loading (because of sharding).

Based on the original script by 81300:

https://gist.github.com/81300/fe5b08bff1cba45296a829b9d6b0f303

'''

import argparse
from pathlib import Path

import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=lambda prog: argparse.HelpFormatter(prog,max_help_position=54))
parser.add_argument('MODEL', type=str, default=None, nargs='?', help="Path to the input model.")
parser.add_argument('--output', type=str, default=None, help='Path to the output folder (default: models/{model_name}_safetensors).')
parser.add_argument("--max-shard-size", type=str, default="2GB", help="Maximum size of a shard in GB or MB (default: %(default)s).")
parser.add_argument('--bf16', action='store_true', help='Load the model with bfloat16 precision. Requires NVIDIA Ampere GPU.')
args = parser.parse_args()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    path = Path(args.MODEL)
    model_name = path.name

    print(f"Loading {model_name}...")
    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(path, low_cpu_mem_usage=True, torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16 if args.bf16 else torch.float16)
    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(path)

    out_folder = args.output or Path(f"models/{model_name}_safetensors")
    print(f"Saving the converted model to {out_folder} with a maximum shard size of {args.max_shard_size}...")
    model.save_pretrained(out_folder, max_shard_size=args.max_shard_size, safe_serialization=True)
    tokenizer.save_pretrained(out_folder)