Migrating an old one‐click install

The one-click-installers, previously downloaded as .zip archives, are now part of the repository (#4028).

Before this change, the installers used to not be automatically updated, causing people to run outdated versions that were much more likely to break after a simple update.

Migrating from an old one-click install

The process is very simple, and you will keep all your models and settings.

1. Run your existing update script, and make sure that the following files exist inside text-generation-webui after the update: start_windows.bat, start_linux.sh.

2. Move your text-generation-webui folder one folder up. For instance, mine was at Desktop\oobabooga_windows\text-generation-webui:

So I moved it to Desktop:

If yours is at oobabooga_windows\oobabooga_windows\text-generation-webui, move it two folders up.

3. Enter the text-generation-webui folder and run the correct start_ script for your OS. This will create a new installer_files folder inside text-generation-webui with the project requirements.

4. Delete your previous oobabooga_windows folder (or similar), as it is no longer necessary.

Make sure that you have completed steps 1 to 3 and that text-generation-webui is no longer inside this folder before deleting it. You may want to backup your CMD_FLAGS.txt file.

5. Migration completed!