From 3cdab930c33e0b674c52e610d6ca9d6e003fa5ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 10:39:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] added cwd to make location explicit

---
 GANDLF/utils/modelio.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py b/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
index 92f4a404f..8f05222c3 100644
--- a/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
+++ b/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
@@ -155,8 +155,9 @@ def save_model(
     model_dict["parameters"] = params
 
     try:
+        print("DEBUG os.getcwd():", os.getcwd())
         model_dict["git_hash"] = (
-            subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+            subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], cwd=os.getcwd())
             .decode("ascii")
             .strip()
         )

From 39b2428543a2494a7d384f754fabe67397ea326c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 22:07:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] added another check

---
 GANDLF/utils/modelio.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py b/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
index 8f05222c3..8e719cb58 100644
--- a/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
+++ b/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def save_model(
             .decode("ascii")
             .strip()
         )
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
         model_dict["git_hash"] = None
 
     torch.save(model_dict, path)

From b97fb050277b66633aae3bdd2a8add512291d45b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 09:47:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] remove print and added comment

---
 GANDLF/utils/modelio.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py b/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
index 8e719cb58..23556b206 100644
--- a/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
+++ b/GANDLF/utils/modelio.py
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ def save_model(
     model_dict["parameters"] = params
 
     try:
-        print("DEBUG os.getcwd():", os.getcwd())
+        # this will try to encode the git hash of the current GaNDLF codebase, and reverts to "None" if not found
         model_dict["git_hash"] = (
             subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], cwd=os.getcwd())
             .decode("ascii")
             .strip()
         )
     except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
-        model_dict["git_hash"] = None
+        model_dict["git_hash"] = "None"
 
     torch.save(model_dict, path)