Allow branching when parent script isn't available #625
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Why: Suppose we want to branch from a parent running from a different computer, or for which we lost the execution script. The branching should not fail because script is missing, we do not need it because we wont execute trials from the parent anyway. How: Use allow_non_existing_files=True when building the cmdline parser to compare cmdlines of experiments.
The parent may have a script configuration file that is missing at the time of branching. Branching should not fail in such case and rely on the saved content of the configuration file to verify changes.
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[Fixes #553]
Why:
Suppose we want to branch from a parent running from a different
computer, or for which we lost the execution script. The branching
should not fail because script is missing, we do not need it because we
wont execute trials from the parent anyway.
How:
Use allow_non_existing_files=True when building the cmdline parser to
compare cmdlines of experiments.