saved_experiments/README.md

Saved Experiments

Use this folder for experiment snapshots you want to keep in git.

Everything in the repo's normal output locations stays ignored by default:

• results/
• data/
• activations/
• vertex_downloads/
• generated vertex_jobs/runs/*.yaml

If an experiment is worth preserving, copy or move its files into a dedicated subfolder here, for example:

saved_experiments/
  iman-2026-04-03-last-token-rerun/
    README.md
    run_config.yaml
    results/
    data/
    activations/

Suggested contents for each saved experiment folder:

• README.md: short note on what the run was and why it matters
• run_config.yaml: the exact Vertex config or local config used
• results/: selected result artifacts
• data/: the dataset snapshot for that run, if needed
• activations/: only if you intentionally want them in git

Recommended workflow:

1. Run experiments normally using the ignored output folders.
2. Decide which runs are worth keeping.
3. Copy the exact files you want to preserve into saved_experiments/<owner>-<name>/.
4. Commit only that saved snapshot.

Recommended naming:

• Vertex run configs and display names: <owner>-<run-name>
• Saved experiment folders: <owner>-<date>-<short-description>

This keeps day-to-day experiments out of git while making important runs easy to preserve reproducibly.