Rename "pattern" to "path" in YAML data_files configs

docs/source/repository_structure.mdx

@@ -24,17 +24,15 @@ In this simple case, you'll get a dataset with two splits: `train` (containing e
 
 ## Splits
 
-If you have multiple files and want to define which file goes into which split, you can use the YAML `configs` field at the top of your README.md using glob patterns.
+If you have multiple files and want to define which file goes into which split, you can use the YAML `configs` field at the top of your README.md.
 
 For example, given a repository like this one:
 
 ```
 my_dataset_repository/
 ├── README.md
-├── directory1/
-│   └── bees.csv
-└── directory2/
-    └── more_bees.csv
+├── data.csv
+└── holdout.csv
 ```
 
 You can define your splits by adding the `configs` field in the YAML block at the top of your README.md:
@@ -45,27 +43,23 @@ configs:
 - config_name: default
   data_files:
   - split: train
-    pattern: "directory1/*.csv"
+    path: "data.csv"
   - split: test
-    pattern: "directory2/*.csv"
+    path: "holdout.csv"
 ---
 ```
 
-<Tip warning={true}>
-Note that `config_name` field is required even if you have a single configuration.
-</Tip>
 
-Having several patterns per split is also supported:
+You can select multiple files per split using a list of paths:
 
 ```
 my_dataset_repository/
 ├── README.md
-├── directory1/
-│   └── bees.csv
-├── directory1bis/
-│   └── more_bees.csv
-└── directory2/
-    └── even_more_bees.csv
+├── data/
+│   ├── abc.csv
+│   └── def.csv
+└── holdout/
+    └── ghi.csv
 ```
 
 ```yaml
@@ -74,32 +68,34 @@ configs:
 - config_name: default
   data_files:
   - split: train
-    pattern:
-    - "directory1/*.csv"
-    - "directory1bis/*.csv"
+    path:
+    - "data/abc.csv"
+    - "data/def.csv"
   - split: test
-    pattern:
-    - "directory2/*.csv"
+    path: "holdout/ghi.csv"
 ---
 ```
 
-Custom split names are also supported:
+Or you can use glob patterns to automatically list all the files you need:
+
 ```yaml
+---
 configs:
 - config_name: default
   data_files:
-  - split: random
-    pattern:
-    - "directory1bis/*.csv"
   - split: train
-    pattern:
-    - "directory1/*.csv"
+    path: "data/*.csv"
   - split: test
-    pattern:
-    - "directory2/*.csv"
+    path: "holdout/*.csv"
 ---
 ```
 
+<Tip warning={true}>
+
+Note that `config_name` field is required even if you have a single configuration.
+
+</Tip>
+
 ## Configurations
 
 Your dataset might have several subsets of data that you want to be able to load separately. In that case you can define a list of configurations inside the `configs` field in YAML:

src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py

@@ -5512,7 +5512,7 @@ def push_to_hub(
                 }
                 default_metadata_configs_to_dump = {
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": _resolved_split, "pattern": f"data/{_resolved_split}-*"}
+                        {"split": _resolved_split, "path": f"data/{_resolved_split}-*"}
                         for _resolved_split in _resolved_splits
                     ]
                 }
@@ -5525,18 +5525,18 @@ def push_to_hub(
             else:
                 data_files_to_dump = {}
             # add the new split
-            data_files_to_dump[split] = f"{data_dir}/{split}-*"
+            data_files_to_dump[split] = [f"{data_dir}/{split}-*"]
             metadata_config_to_dump = {
                 "data_files": [
                     {
                         "split": _split,
-                        "pattern": _pattern[0] if isinstance(_pattern, list) and len(_pattern) == 1 else _pattern,
+                        "path": _pattern[0] if len(_pattern) == 1 else _pattern,
                     }
                     for _split, _pattern in data_files_to_dump.items()
                 ]
             }
         else:
-            metadata_config_to_dump = {"data_files": [{"split": split, "pattern": f"{data_dir}/{split}-*"}]}
+            metadata_config_to_dump = {"data_files": [{"split": split, "path": f"{data_dir}/{split}-*"}]}
         # push to the deprecated dataset_infos.json
         if config.DATASETDICT_INFOS_FILENAME in repo_files:
             download_config = DownloadConfig()

src/datasets/data_files.py

@@ -99,17 +99,20 @@ def sanitize_patterns(patterns: Union[Dict, List, str]) -> Dict[str, Union[List[
     elif isinstance(patterns, list):
         if any(isinstance(pattern, dict) for pattern in patterns):
             for pattern in patterns:
-                if not isinstance(pattern, dict) or sorted(pattern) != ["pattern", "split"]:
+                if not (
+                    isinstance(pattern, dict)
+                    and len(pattern) == 2
+                    and "split" in pattern
+                    and isinstance(pattern.get("path"), (str, list))
+                ):
                     raise ValueError(
-                        f"Expected each pattern in a list of patterns to be a string or a list, but got {pattern}"
+                        f"Expected each split to have a 'path' key which can be a string or a list of strings, but got {pattern}"
                     )
             splits = [pattern["split"] for pattern in patterns]
             if len(set(splits)) != len(splits):
                 raise ValueError(f"Some splits are duplicated in data_files: {splits}")
             return {
-                str(pattern["split"]): pattern["pattern"]
-                if isinstance(pattern["pattern"], list)
-                else [pattern["pattern"]]
+                str(pattern["split"]): pattern["path"] if isinstance(pattern["path"], list) else [pattern["path"]]
                 for pattern in patterns
             }
         else:

src/datasets/dataset_dict.py

@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ def push_to_hub(
         info_to_dump.size_in_bytes = total_uploaded_size + total_dataset_nbytes
 
         metadata_config_to_dump = {
-            "data_files": [{"split": split, "pattern": f"{data_dir}/{split}-*"} for split in self.keys()],
+            "data_files": [{"split": split, "path": f"{data_dir}/{split}-*"} for split in self.keys()],
         }
 
         api = HfApi(endpoint=config.HF_ENDPOINT)
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ def push_to_hub(
                 }
                 default_metadata_configs_to_dump = {
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": _resolved_split, "pattern": f"data/{_resolved_split}-*"}
+                        {"split": _resolved_split, "path": f"data/{_resolved_split}-*"}
                         for _resolved_split in _resolved_splits
                     ]
                 }

src/datasets/utils/metadata.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def _raise_if_data_files_field_not_valid(metadata_config: dict):
             yaml_error_message = textwrap.dedent(
                 f"""
                 Expected data_files in YAML to be either a string or a list of strings
-                or a list of dicts with two keys: 'split' and 'pattern', but got {yaml_data_files}
+                or a list of dicts with two keys: 'split' and 'path', but got {yaml_data_files}
                 Examples of data_files in YAML:
 
                    data_files: data.csv
@@ -141,22 +141,31 @@ def _raise_if_data_files_field_not_valid(metadata_config: dict):
 
                    data_files:
                     - split: train
-                      pattern: train/*
+                      path: train/*
                     - split: test
-                      pattern: test/*
+                      path: test/*
+
+                   data_files:
+                    - split: train
+                      path:
+                      - train/part1/*
+                      - train/part2/*
+                    - split: test
+                      path: test/*
                 """
             )
             if not isinstance(yaml_data_files, (list, str)):
                 raise ValueError(yaml_error_message)
             if isinstance(yaml_data_files, list):
                 for yaml_data_files_item in yaml_data_files:
-                    if not isinstance(yaml_data_files_item, str) and not (
-                        isinstance(yaml_data_files_item, dict)
-                        and sorted(yaml_data_files_item)
-                        == [
-                            "pattern",
-                            "split",
-                        ]
+                    if (
+                        not isinstance(yaml_data_files_item, (str, dict))
+                        or isinstance(yaml_data_files_item, dict)
+                        and not (
+                            len(yaml_data_files_item) == 2
+                            and "split" in yaml_data_files_item
+                            and isinstance(yaml_data_files_item.get("path"), (str, list))
+                        )
                     ):
                         raise ValueError(yaml_error_message)
 

tests/test_upstream_hub.py

@@ -614,19 +614,19 @@ def test_push_multiple_dataset_configs_to_hub_readme_metadata_content(self, temp
                 {
                     "config_name": "config1",
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": "train", "pattern": "config1/train-*"},
+                        {"split": "train", "path": "config1/train-*"},
                     ],
                 },
                 {
                     "config_name": "config2",
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": "train", "pattern": "config2/train-*"},
+                        {"split": "train", "path": "config2/train-*"},
                     ],
                 },
                 {
                     "config_name": "default",
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": "train", "pattern": "data/train-*"},
+                        {"split": "train", "path": "data/train-*"},
                     ],
                 },
             ]
@@ -743,22 +743,22 @@ def test_push_multiple_dataset_dict_configs_to_hub_readme_metadata_content(self,
                 {
                     "config_name": "config1",
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": "train", "pattern": "config1/train-*"},
-                        {"split": "random", "pattern": "config1/random-*"},
+                        {"split": "train", "path": "config1/train-*"},
+                        {"split": "random", "path": "config1/random-*"},
                     ],
                 },
                 {
                     "config_name": "config2",
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": "train", "pattern": "config2/train-*"},
-                        {"split": "random", "pattern": "config2/random-*"},
+                        {"split": "train", "path": "config2/train-*"},
+                        {"split": "random", "path": "config2/random-*"},
                     ],
                 },
                 {
                     "config_name": "default",
                     "data_files": [
-                        {"split": "train", "pattern": "data/train-*"},
-                        {"split": "random", "pattern": "data/random-*"},
+                        {"split": "train", "path": "data/train-*"},
+                        {"split": "random", "path": "data/random-*"},
                     ],
                 },
             ]