opts.py

import os
import argparse

def parse_opt():
    """
    Create a parser with some common arguments used by detectron2 users.

    Returns:
        argparse.ArgumentParser:
    """
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="BottomUpAttention Training")
    parser.add_argument("--mode", default="caffe", type=str, help="'caffe' and 'd2' indicates \
                        'use caffe model' and 'use detectron2 model'respectively")
    parser.add_argument("--config-file", default="", metavar="FILE", help="path to config file")
    parser.add_argument(
        "--resume",
        action="store_true",
        help="whether to attempt to resume from the checkpoint directory",
    )
    parser.add_argument("--eval-only", action="store_true", help="perform evaluation only")
    parser.add_argument("--num-gpus", type=int, default=1, help="number of gpus *per machine*")
    parser.add_argument("--num-machines", type=int, default=1)
    parser.add_argument(
        "--machine-rank", type=int, default=0, help="the rank of this machine (unique per machine)"
    )

    # PyTorch still may leave orphan processes in multi-gpu training.
    # Therefore we use a deterministic way to obtain port,
    # so that users are aware of orphan processes by seeing the port occupied.
    port = 2 ** 15 + 2 ** 14 + hash(os.getuid()) % 2 ** 14
    parser.add_argument("--dist-url", default="tcp://127.0.0.1:{}".format(port))
    parser.add_argument(
        "opts",
        help="Modify config options using the command-line",
        default=None,
        nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
    )
    return parser