gguf-py : add support for sub_type (in arrays) in GGUFWriter add_key_value method (#13561)

gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class TensorInfo:
 class GGUFValue:
     value: Any
     type: GGUFValueType
+    sub_type: GGUFValueType | None = None
 
 
 class WriterState(Enum):
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ class GGUFWriter:
 
             for key, val in kv_data.items():
                 kv_bytes += self._pack_val(key, GGUFValueType.STRING, add_vtype=False)
-                kv_bytes += self._pack_val(val.value, val.type, add_vtype=True)
+                kv_bytes += self._pack_val(val.value, val.type, add_vtype=True, sub_type=val.sub_type)
 
             fout.write(kv_bytes)
 
@@ -268,11 +269,11 @@ class GGUFWriter:
             fout.flush()
         self.state = WriterState.TI_DATA
 
-    def add_key_value(self, key: str, val: Any, vtype: GGUFValueType) -> None:
+    def add_key_value(self, key: str, val: Any, vtype: GGUFValueType, sub_type: GGUFValueType | None = None) -> None:
         if any(key in kv_data for kv_data in self.kv_data):
             raise ValueError(f'Duplicated key name {key!r}')
 
-        self.kv_data[0][key] = GGUFValue(value=val, type=vtype)
+        self.kv_data[0][key] = GGUFValue(value=val, type=vtype, sub_type=sub_type)
 
     def add_uint8(self, key: str, val: int) -> None:
         self.add_key_value(key,val, GGUFValueType.UINT8)
@@ -1022,7 +1023,7 @@ class GGUFWriter:
             pack_prefix = '<' if self.endianess == GGUFEndian.LITTLE else '>'
         return struct.pack(f'{pack_prefix}{fmt}', value)
 
-    def _pack_val(self, val: Any, vtype: GGUFValueType, add_vtype: bool) -> bytes:
+    def _pack_val(self, val: Any, vtype: GGUFValueType, add_vtype: bool, sub_type: GGUFValueType | None = None) -> bytes:
         kv_data = bytearray()
 
         if add_vtype:
@@ -1043,7 +1044,9 @@ class GGUFWriter:
             if len(val) == 0:
                 raise ValueError("Invalid GGUF metadata array. Empty array")
 
-            if isinstance(val, bytes):
+            if sub_type is not None:
+                ltype = sub_type
+            elif isinstance(val, bytes):
                 ltype = GGUFValueType.UINT8
             else:
                 ltype = GGUFValueType.get_type(val[0])

gguf-py/gguf/scripts/gguf_editor_gui.py

@@ -1521,19 +1521,21 @@ class GGUFEditorWindow(QMainWindow):
                     continue
 
                 # Apply changes if any
+                sub_type = None
                 if field.name in self.metadata_changes:
                     value_type, value = self.metadata_changes[field.name]
                     if value_type == GGUFValueType.ARRAY:
                         # Handle array values
-                        element_type, array_values = value
+                        sub_type, value = value
-                        writer.add_array(field.name, array_values)
-                    else:
-                        writer.add_key_value(field.name, value, value_type)
                 else:
                     # Copy original value
                     value = field.contents()
-                    if value is not None and field.types:
+                    value_type = field.types[0]
-                        writer.add_key_value(field.name, value, field.types[0])
+                    if value_type == GGUFValueType.ARRAY:
+                        sub_type = field.types[-1]
+
+                if value is not None:
+                    writer.add_key_value(field.name, value, value_type, sub_type=sub_type)
 
             # Add new metadata
             for key, (value_type, value) in self.metadata_changes.items():
@@ -1541,7 +1543,12 @@ class GGUFEditorWindow(QMainWindow):
                 if self.reader.get_field(key) is not None:
                     continue
 
-                writer.add_key_value(key, value, value_type)
+                sub_type = None
+                if value_type == GGUFValueType.ARRAY:
+                    # Handle array values
+                    sub_type, value = value
+
+                writer.add_key_value(key, value, value_type, sub_type=sub_type)
 
             # Add tensors (including data)
             for tensor in self.reader.tensors:

gguf-py/gguf/scripts/gguf_new_metadata.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class MetadataDetails(NamedTuple):
     type: gguf.GGUFValueType
     value: Any
     description: str = ''
+    sub_type: gguf.GGUFValueType | None = None
 
 
 def get_field_data(reader: gguf.GGUFReader, key: str) -> Any:
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ def copy_with_new_metadata(reader: gguf.GGUFReader, writer: gguf.GGUFWriter, new
             logger.debug(f'Removing {field.name}')
             continue
 
-        old_val = MetadataDetails(field.types[0], field.contents())
+        val_type = field.types[0]
+        sub_type = field.types[-1] if val_type == gguf.GGUFValueType.ARRAY else None
+        old_val = MetadataDetails(val_type, field.contents(), sub_type=sub_type)
         val = new_metadata.get(field.name, old_val)
 
         if field.name in new_metadata:
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ def copy_with_new_metadata(reader: gguf.GGUFReader, writer: gguf.GGUFWriter, new
             logger.debug(f'Copying {field.name}')
 
         if val.value is not None:
-            writer.add_key_value(field.name, val.value, val.type)
+            writer.add_key_value(field.name, val.value, val.type, sub_type=sub_type if val.sub_type is None else val.sub_type)
 
     if gguf.Keys.Tokenizer.CHAT_TEMPLATE in new_metadata:
         logger.debug('Adding chat template(s)')

gguf-py/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "gguf"
-version = "0.16.3"
+version = "0.17.0"
 description = "Read and write ML models in GGUF for GGML"
 authors = ["GGML <ggml@ggml.ai>"]
 packages = [

requirements/requirements-gguf_editor_gui.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 numpy~=1.26.4
 PySide6~=6.9.0
-gguf>=0.16.0
+gguf>=0.17.0