How to use model from Huggingface cache folder in webui

[hrusli]

Hi guys,

I can't seem to find a way to use the symlink from my huggingface cache folders. (i have models downloaded there).
I do not want to copy every model from the cache to the local model folder in the webui since it will be a waste of storage.

I tried to create a symlink to the blob file in the HF cache folder for e.g:
HF blob folder:
7440042bbdc8a24813002c09b6b69b64dc90fded4472613437b7f55f9b7d9c5f ---> this is the sd (safetensors model)

but when i create a symlink on the local folder on the model:
webui/models/stable-diffusion/sd.safetensors --> (this is a symlink to the file above)

wherever i triend to load the model in webui, i would get:

line 282, in read_metadata_from_safetensors
    assert metadata_len > 2 and json_start in (b'{"', b"{'"), f"{filename} is not a safetensors file"

or sometimes:

line 259, in load_file
   with safe_open(filename, framework="pt", device=device) as f:
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

safetensors_rust.SafetensorError: Error while deserializing header: HeaderTooLarge

is there a way to do this? Currently i am copying the 7440042bbdc8a24813002c09b6b69b64dc90fded4472613437b7f55f9b7d9c5f file and add the .safetensors extension manually. and everything works fine, but I do not want to waste my storage.

Any idea?