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Add support for specifying an additional config dir in the command line #874

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omry opened this issue Aug 13, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #876
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Add support for specifying an additional config dir in the command line #874

omry opened this issue Aug 13, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #876
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omry commented Aug 13, 2020

This is useful for standalone apps that want to come with their own configs but also allow users to add additional configs that can be used with the composition.

├── my_app.py
├── conf
│   ├── config.yaml
│   └── dataset
│       └── imagenet.yaml
└── user-dir
    └── dataset
        └── cifar10.yaml

config.yaml:

defaults:
  - dataset: ???

my_app.py:

@hydra.main(config_path="conf", config_name="config")
def my_app(cfg: DictConfig) -> None:
    print(cfg.pretty())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    my_app()

In the above example, normal run results in:

$ python my_app.py 
You must specify 'dataset', e.g, dataset=<OPTION>
Available options:
        imagenet

The app sees only the built in config dir conf.
The user can specify an additional config dir via the command line:

$ python my_app.py --config-dir user-dir
You must specify 'dataset', e.g, dataset=<OPTION>
Available options:
        cifar10
        imagenet

Now the app sees both configs.
The user now normally override the dataset:

$ python my_app.py --config-dir user-dir/ dataset=cifar10
dataset:
  name: cifar10
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