Skip data preparation in `model.setup` if input data exist

[SarahAlidoost]

Currently model.setup takes a config template file and prepares output that are needed for model.run i.e. these preprocessing:

        forcing_io.prepare_forcing(self._config)
        soil_io.prepare_soil_data(self._config)
        soil_io.prepare_soil_init(self._config)

It should be possible to skip data preparation in model.setup if input data exist.

[Crystal-szj]

@SarahAlidoost Hi Sarah, it will help save storage space if we can skip data preparation when the input data is ready to be used. W can add an input parameter, prepare_data_option: Optional [bool] = True in model.setup, and add an if-else statement to decide whether to copy and prepare input data before running the model. Please let me know your opinion, and I'd like to pick up this issue.

[SarahAlidoost]

@SarahAlidoost Hi Sarah, it will help save storage space if we can skip data preparation when the input data is ready to be used. W can add an input parameter, prepare_data_option: Optional [bool] = True in model.setup, and add an if-else statement to decide whether to copy and prepare input data before running the model. Please let me know your opinion, and I'd like to pick up this issue.

nice that you want to pick this up. Perhaps a better idea is that to be able to skip model.setup(), e.g. instead of

model = StemmusScope(config_file=path_to_config_file, model_src_path=path_to_exe_file)
model.setup()
model.run()

we can also do:

model = StemmusScope(config_file=path_to_config_file, model_src_path=path_to_exe_file)
model.run()

This will require to setself.cfg_file in init function and adding some validations for input and output directories e.g. they exist and are valid.