Need an option not to shuffle the merged dataset

[seungduk-yanolja]

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🔖 Feature description

Sometimes, it is a strategy to keep the dataset order as listed in the config. In that case, we need to prevent shuffling the merged dataset.

✔️ Solution

Add a config parameter that prevents shuffling.

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[ehartford]

I agree with the sentiment.

The answer has always been "just comment out the shuffle line in the code"

But really what makes Axolotl stand out among these tools is that it's config based instead of making users change code.

I believe that putting these rich options into the config file will give Axolotl a huge usability advantage.

[seungduk-yanolja]

I agree with the sentiment.

The answer has always been "just comment out the shuffle line in the code"

But really what makes Axolotl stand out among these tools is that it's config based instead of making users change code.

I believe that putting these rich options into the config file will give Axolotl a huge usability advantage.

Thank you for agreeing :)
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