Hi, I’m trying to run model_main_tf2.py from tensorflow object_detection repo and I’m facing the below issue.
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DuplicateFlagError Traceback (most recent call last)
File ~/Documents/Indian_License_Plate_Recognition/models/research/object_detection/model_main_tf2.py:33
30 import tensorflow.compat.v2 as tf
31 from object_detection import model_lib_v2
---> 33 flags.DEFINE_string('pipeline_config_path', None, 'Path to pipeline config '
34 'file.')
35 flags.DEFINE_integer('num_train_steps', None, 'Number of train steps.')
36 flags.DEFINE_bool('eval_on_train_data', False, 'Enable evaluating on train '
37 'data (only supported in distributed training).')
File ~/anaconda3/envs/tfsetup/lib/python3.10/site-packages/absl/flags/_defines.py:301, in DEFINE_string(name, default, help, flag_values, required, **args)
299 parser = _argument_parser.ArgumentParser()
300 serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
--> 301 return DEFINE(
302 parser,
303 name,
304 default,
305 help,
306 flag_values,
307 serializer,
308 required=required,
309 **args)
File ~/anaconda3/envs/tfsetup/lib/python3.10/site-packages/absl/flags/_defines.py:100, in DEFINE(parser, name, default, help, flag_values, serializer, module_name, required, **args)
65 def DEFINE( # pylint: disable=invalid-name
66 parser,
67 name,
(...)
73 required=False,
74 **args):
75 """Registers a generic Flag object.
76
77 NOTE: in the docstrings of all DEFINE* functions, "registers" is short
(...)
98 a handle to defined flag.
99 """
--> 100 return DEFINE_flag(
101 _flag.Flag(parser, serializer, name, default, help, **args), flag_values,
102 module_name, required)
File ~/anaconda3/envs/tfsetup/lib/python3.10/site-packages/absl/flags/_defines.py:136, in DEFINE_flag(flag, flag_values, module_name, required)
134 # Copying the reference to flag_values prevents pychecker warnings.
135 fv = flag_values
--> 136 fv[flag.name] = flag
137 # Tell flag_values who's defining the flag.
138 if module_name:
File ~/anaconda3/envs/tfsetup/lib/python3.10/site-packages/absl/flags/_flagvalues.py:430, in FlagValues.__setitem__(self, name, flag)
424 if (self.find_module_defining_flag(name) == module_name and
425 id(module) != self.find_module_id_defining_flag(name)):
426 # If the flag has already been defined by a module with the same name,
427 # but a different ID, we can stop here because it indicates that the
428 # module is simply being imported a subsequent time.
429 return
--> 430 raise _exceptions.DuplicateFlagError.from_flag(name, self)
431 short_name = flag.short_name
432 # If a new flag overrides an old one, we need to cleanup the old flag's
433 # modules if it's not registered.
DuplicateFlagError: The flag 'pipeline_config_path' is defined twice. First from model_main_tf2.py, Second from model_main_tf2.py. Description from first occurrence: Path to pipeline config file.
Can someone please help me understand on where I’m making a mistake.