Enable Hugging Face model URL support for remote checkpoint/config downloads - #317
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[WIP] Add functionality to download weights from HuggingFace
Enable Hugging Face model URL support for remote checkpoint/config downloads
Aug 11, 2026
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This issue asks for easier reproduction by allowing existing model weights to be downloaded from Hugging Face.
The update adds native handling for Hugging Face page-style file links so they work with DIRECT’s existing remote download path.
URL handling
direct.utils.io._normalize_huggingface_url(url)to convert Hugging Face/blob/file URLs into direct-download/resolve/URLs.Integration points
_get_redirect_url(...).read_text_from_url(...).Focused test coverage
tests/tests_utils/io_test.pywith parametrized cases for:.../blob/...→.../resolve/...)