Lightning-AI / Lightning-AI/litgpt
Skip safetensors->bin file conversion
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Description
Right now, when downloading and converting models to LitGPT format, we convert downloaded .safetensor files to .bin files. We may want to explore if/how we can read from safetensors directly. This would safe a lot of time and intermittent disk space.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the download and LitGPT conversion flow, then determine whether models can be read directly from safetensors; done means conversion no longer requires creating intermediate .bin files while preserving model loading.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100