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tools/merge_datasets.py
- tool to merge multiple dataset files into a single dataset
- testing conducted and included in the megatron-testing repo https://gitlab-master.nvidia.com/ADLR/megatron-testing

tools/preprocess_data.py
- magic numbers changed to required command line arguments

megatron/data/indexed_dataset.py
- when merging, fix to properly update document index
- testing conducted and included in the megatron-testing repo (see above)
- fix follows this history https://github.com/bigscience-workshop/Megatron-DeepSpeed/pull/66

change dummy_handler to nullcontext

remove redundant linear layer class definition

add fuse_gradient_accumulation attribute to weights for simple targetting

reflect feedback and clean up the codes

arg change