Fixes --patch argument

CHANGELOGS.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Change Logs
 0.7.12
 ++++++
 
+* :pr:`232`: fixes ``--patch`` argument so that ``--patch=0`` works
+* :pr:`231`: better statistics about fusions
 * :pr:`227`: better support for ``model_id//pretrained``, adds speed up when running command validate
 * :pr:`226`: fix input order for models created with modelbuilder
 

onnx_diagnostic/_command_lines_parser.py

@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ def _cmd_validate(argv: List[Any]):
         ):
             print(f"validate - unsupported args: export={args.export!r}, opt={args.opt!r}")
             return
+        patch_dict = args.patch if isinstance(args.patch, dict) else {"patch": args.patch}
         summary, _data = validate_model(
             model_id=args.mid,
             task=args.task,
@@ -591,8 +592,8 @@ def _cmd_validate(argv: List[Any]):
             use_pretrained=args.trained,
             dtype=args.dtype,
             device=args.device,
-            patch=args.patch,
-            rewrite=args.rewrite,
+            patch=patch_dict,
+            rewrite=args.rewrite and patch_dict.get("patch", True),
             stop_if_static=args.stop_if_static,
             optimization=args.opt,
             exporter=args.export,

onnx_diagnostic/torch_models/validate.py

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def validate_model(
     assert not rewrite or patch_kwargs.get("patch", False), (
         f"rewrite={rewrite}, patch={patch}, patch_kwargs={patch_kwargs} "
         f"patch must be True to enable rewriting, "
-        f"if --no-patch was specified on the command line, --no-rewrite must be added."
+        f"if --patch=0 was specified on the command line, rewrites are disabled."
     )
     summary = version_summary()
     summary.update(