Feat(data): Allow loading local csv and text (#594)

* Feat(data): Allow loading local csv and text

* chore: update readme for loading data

README.md

@@ -434,10 +434,10 @@ datasets:
   - path: vicgalle/alpaca-gpt4
   # The type of prompt to use for training. [alpaca, sharegpt, gpteacher, oasst, reflection]
     type: alpaca # format | format:<prompt_style> (chat/instruct) | <prompt_strategies>.load_<load_fn>
-    ds_type: # Optional[str] (json|arrow|parquet) defines the datatype when path is a file
-    data_files: # path to source data files
-    shards: # number of shards to split data into
-    name: # name of dataset configuration to load
+    ds_type: # Optional[str] (json|arrow|parquet|text|csv) defines the datatype when path is a file
+    data_files: # Optional[str] path to source data files
+    shards: # Optional[int] number of shards to split data into
+    name: # Optional[str] name of dataset configuration to load
 
   # custom user prompt
   - path: repo

src/axolotl/utils/data.py

@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ def for_d_in_datasets(dataset_configs):
                         ds_type = "parquet"
                     elif ".arrow" in d.path:
                         ds_type = "arrow"
+                    elif ".csv" in d.path:
+                        ds_type = "csv"
+                    elif ".txt" in d.path:
+                        ds_type = "text"
                     ds = load_dataset(
                         ds_type,
                         name=d.name,