Code Changes - Optimized code to check for HF repo

ragbench.py

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class RAGSystem:
         self.embedder = None
         self.hybrid_retriever = None
         self.generator_client = None
+        self.huggingface_repo_exists = False
         
         # Set up API-based generator
         self._init_generator_api()
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ class RAGSystem:
             )
 
     def _check_huggingface_repo(self):
+
+        if self.huggingface_repo_exists:
+            print(f"Repository {HF_DATASET_REPO_NAME} already exists, skipping check.")
+            return True
+        
         try:
             # 1. First verify the repo exists
             print("Checking Hugging Face repository...")
@@ -129,8 +135,12 @@ class RAGSystem:
                 repo_id=HF_DATASET_REPO_NAME,
                 repo_type=HF_REPO_TYPE,
             )
+
+            self.huggingface_repo_exists = True
+            print(f"Repository {HF_DATASET_REPO_NAME} is accessible. Files:")
             for index, item in enumerate(repo_files):
                 print(f"Index, {index}, File: {item}")
+
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Error accessing Hugging Face repo: {e}")
             return False