Add ALBERT to the Tensorflow to Pytorch model conversion cli (#3933)

* Add ALBERT to convert command of transformers-cli

* Document ALBERT tf to pytorch model conversion

docs/source/converting_tensorflow_models.rst

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ A command-line interface is provided to convert original Bert/GPT/GPT-2/Transfor
 BERT
 ^^^^
 
-You can convert any TensorFlow checkpoint for BERT (in particular `the pre-trained models released by Google <https://github.com/google-research/bert#pre-trained-models>`_\ ) in a PyTorch save file by using the `convert_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch.py <https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/transformers/convert_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch.py>`_ script.
+You can convert any TensorFlow checkpoint for BERT (in particular `the pre-trained models released by Google <https://github.com/google-research/bert#pre-trained-models>`_\ ) in a PyTorch save file by using the `convert_bert_original_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch.py <https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/src/transformers/convert_bert_original_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch.py>`_ script.
 
 This CLI takes as input a TensorFlow checkpoint (three files starting with ``bert_model.ckpt``\ ) and the associated configuration file (\ ``bert_config.json``\ ), and creates a PyTorch model for this configuration, loads the weights from the TensorFlow checkpoint in the PyTorch model and saves the resulting model in a standard PyTorch save file that can be imported using ``torch.load()`` (see examples in `run_bert_extract_features.py <https://github.com/huggingface/pytorch-pretrained-BERT/tree/master/examples/run_bert_extract_features.py>`_\ , `run_bert_classifier.py <https://github.com/huggingface/pytorch-pretrained-BERT/tree/master/examples/run_bert_classifier.py>`_ and `run_bert_squad.py <https://github.com/huggingface/pytorch-pretrained-BERT/tree/master/examples/run_bert_squad.py>`_\ ).
 
@@ -33,6 +33,26 @@ Here is an example of the conversion process for a pre-trained ``BERT-Base Uncas
 
 You can download Google's pre-trained models for the conversion `here <https://github.com/google-research/bert#pre-trained-models>`__.
 
+ALBERT
+^^^^^^
+
+Convert TensorFlow model checkpoints of ALBERT to PyTorch using the `convert_albert_original_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch.py <https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/src/transformers/convert_bert_original_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch.py>`_ script.
+
+The CLI takes as input a TensorFlow checkpoint (three files starting with ``model.ckpt-best``\ ) and the accompanying configuration file (\ ``albert_config.json``\ ), then creates and saves a PyTorch model. To run this conversion you will need to have TensorFlow and PyTorch installed.
+
+Here is an example of the conversion process for the pre-trained ``ALBERT Base`` model:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   export ALBERT_BASE_DIR=/path/to/albert/albert_base
+
+   transformers-cli convert --model_type albert \
+     --tf_checkpoint $ALBERT_BASE_DIR/model.ckpt-best \
+     --config $ALBERT_BASE_DIR/albert_config.json \
+     --pytorch_dump_output $ALBERT_BASE_DIR/pytorch_model.bin
+
+You can download Google's pre-trained models for the conversion `here <https://github.com/google-research/albert#pre-trained-models>`__.
+
 OpenAI GPT
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 

src/transformers/commands/convert.py

@@ -62,7 +62,21 @@ class ConvertCommand(BaseTransformersCLICommand):
         self._finetuning_task_name = finetuning_task_name
 
     def run(self):
-        if self._model_type == "bert":
+        if self._model_type == "albert":
+            try:
+                from transformers.convert_albert_original_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch import (
+                    convert_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch,
+                )
+            except ImportError:
+                msg = (
+                    "transformers can only be used from the commandline to convert TensorFlow models in PyTorch, "
+                    "In that case, it requires TensorFlow to be installed. Please see "
+                    "https://www.tensorflow.org/install/ for installation instructions."
+                )
+                raise ImportError(msg)
+
+            convert_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch(self._tf_checkpoint, self._config, self._pytorch_dump_output)
+        elif self._model_type == "bert":
             try:
                 from transformers.convert_bert_original_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch import (
                     convert_tf_checkpoint_to_pytorch,