trl/scripts/sft.py

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# /// script
# dependencies = [
#     "trl",
#     "peft",
#     "trackio",
#     "kernels",
# ]
# ///

"""
# Full training
```
python trl/scripts/sft.py \
    --model_name_or_path Qwen/Qwen2-0.5B \
    --dataset_name trl-lib/Capybara \
    --learning_rate 2.0e-5 \
    --num_train_epochs 1 \
    --packing \
    --per_device_train_batch_size 2 \
    --gradient_accumulation_steps 8 \
    --eos_token '<|im_end|>' \
    --eval_strategy steps \
    --eval_steps 100 \
    --output_dir Qwen2-0.5B-SFT \
    --push_to_hub
```

# LoRA
```
python trl/scripts/sft.py \
    --model_name_or_path Qwen/Qwen2-0.5B \
    --dataset_name trl-lib/Capybara \
    --learning_rate 2.0e-4 \
    --num_train_epochs 1 \
    --packing \
    --per_device_train_batch_size 2 \
    --gradient_accumulation_steps 8 \
    --eos_token '<|im_end|>' \
    --eval_strategy steps \
    --eval_steps 100 \
    --use_peft \
    --lora_r 32 \
    --lora_alpha 16 \
    --output_dir Qwen2-0.5B-SFT \
    --push_to_hub
```
"""

import argparse


def main(script_args, training_args, model_args, dataset_args):
    from accelerate import logging
    from datasets import load_dataset
    from transformers import AutoConfig, AutoModelForCausalLM
    from transformers.models.auto.modeling_auto import MODEL_FOR_IMAGE_TEXT_TO_TEXT_MAPPING_NAMES

    from trl import SFTTrainer, get_dataset, get_kbit_device_map, get_peft_config, get_quantization_config

    logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)

    ################
    # Model init kwargs
    ################
    model_kwargs = dict(
        revision=model_args.model_revision,
        trust_remote_code=model_args.trust_remote_code,
        attn_implementation=model_args.attn_implementation,
        dtype=model_args.dtype,
    )
    quantization_config = get_quantization_config(model_args)
    if quantization_config is not None:
        # Passing None would not be treated the same as omitting the argument, so we include it only when valid.
        model_kwargs["device_map"] = get_kbit_device_map()
        model_kwargs["quantization_config"] = quantization_config

    # Create model
    config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_args.model_name_or_path)
    valid_image_text_architectures = MODEL_FOR_IMAGE_TEXT_TO_TEXT_MAPPING_NAMES.values()

    if config.architectures and any(arch in valid_image_text_architectures for arch in config.architectures):
        from transformers import AutoModelForImageTextToText

        model = AutoModelForImageTextToText.from_pretrained(model_args.model_name_or_path, **model_kwargs)
    else:
        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_args.model_name_or_path, **model_kwargs)

    # Load the dataset
    if dataset_args.datasets and script_args.dataset_name:
        logger.warning(
            "Both `datasets` and `dataset_name` are provided. The `datasets` argument will be used to load the "
            "dataset and `dataset_name` will be ignored."
        )
        dataset = get_dataset(dataset_args)
    elif dataset_args.datasets and not script_args.dataset_name:
        dataset = get_dataset(dataset_args)
    elif not dataset_args.datasets and script_args.dataset_name:
        dataset = load_dataset(
            script_args.dataset_name, name=script_args.dataset_config, streaming=script_args.dataset_streaming
        )
    else:
        raise ValueError("Either `datasets` or `dataset_name` must be provided.")

    # Initialize the SFT trainer
    trainer = SFTTrainer(
        model=model,
        args=training_args,
        train_dataset=dataset[script_args.dataset_train_split],
        eval_dataset=dataset[script_args.dataset_test_split] if training_args.eval_strategy != "no" else None,
        peft_config=get_peft_config(model_args),
    )

    # Train the model
    trainer.train()

    # Log training complete
    trainer.accelerator.print("✅ Training completed.")

    # Save and push to Hub
    trainer.save_model(training_args.output_dir)
    trainer.accelerator.print(f"💾 Model saved to {training_args.output_dir}.")

    if training_args.push_to_hub:
        trainer.push_to_hub(dataset_name=script_args.dataset_name)
        trainer.accelerator.print(f"🤗 Model pushed to the Hub in https://huggingface.co/{trainer.hub_model_id}.")


def make_parser(subparsers: argparse._SubParsersAction | None = None, prog: str | None = None):
    from trl import DatasetMixtureConfig, ModelConfig, ScriptArguments, SFTConfig, TrlParser

    dataclass_types = (ScriptArguments, SFTConfig, ModelConfig, DatasetMixtureConfig)
    if subparsers is not None:
        parser = subparsers.add_parser("sft", help="Run the SFT training script", dataclass_types=dataclass_types)
    else:
        parser = TrlParser(dataclass_types, prog=prog)
    return parser


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = make_parser()
    script_args, training_args, model_args, dataset_args = parser.parse_args_and_config(fail_with_unknown_args=False)
    main(script_args, training_args, model_args, dataset_args)