The problem of example command about distiller

[nzmora]

Hi,

When compress_classifier.py is invoked, it saves some information about the execution environment, to make it easier later to compare and recreate experiment executions.

We collect three pieces of information regarding the git environment: the current branch, is the git working area clean or dirty (i.e. are you working with some local changes), and the tag of the had of the local git repo. See: https://github.com/NervanaSystems/distiller/blob/ab02df45374db22a22e160fdf518103b19819dcb/apputils/execution_env.py#L51-L66

This code searches up the directory tree, looking for your .git directory, but in your case it can't find this directory. I suspect that you run the example in a directory above where you cloned distiller. Is this correct? Can you send more about your directory hierarchy?

BTW, you can bypass this specific issue, by placing this line in remark: https://github.com/NervanaSystems/distiller/blob/ab02df45374db22a22e160fdf518103b19819dcb/apputils/execution_env.py#L78

Cheers,
Neta

[TonightGo]

em, I cannot use git clone command for the reason of network yesterday, so I download the package alternatively. Now it's no longer a problem. Thank you very much!

Hi,

When compress_classifier.py is invoked, it saves some information about the execution environment, to make it easier later to compare and recreate experiment executions.

We collect three pieces of information regarding the git environment: the current branch, is the git working area clean or dirty (i.e. are you working with some local changes), and the tag of the had of the local git repo. See:

distiller/apputils/execution_env.py

Lines 51 to 66 in ab02df4

 def log_git_state(): 
     """Log the state of the git repository. 

     It is useful to know what git tag we're using, and if we have outstanding code. 
     """ 
     repo = Repo(gitroot) 
     assert not repo.bare 

     if repo.is_dirty(): 
         logger.debug("Git is dirty") 
     try: 
         branch_name = repo.active_branch.name 
     except TypeError: 
         branch_name = "None, Git is in 'detached HEAD' state" 
     logger.debug("Active Git branch: %s", branch_name) 
     logger.debug("Git commit: %s" % repo.head.commit.hexsha) 

This code searches up the directory tree, looking for your .git directory, but in your case it can't find this directory. I suspect that you run the example in a directory above where you cloned distiller. Is this correct? Can you send more about your directory hierarchy?

BTW, you can bypass this specific issue, by placing this line in remark:

distiller/apputils/execution_env.py

Line 78 in ab02df4

log_git_state()
Cheers,
Neta

em, I cannot use git clone command for the reason of network yesterday, so I download the package alternatively. Now it's no longer a problem. Thank you very much!

[nzmora]

Thanks, for bringing this up: I forgot that people can download the zip file!
I will add a graceful error handler in this case and then I'll close the issue again.

Thank you for reporting this!
Cheers,
Neta