Set ignore_code_changes in Consumer too

src/orion/core/cli/hunt.py

@@ -90,4 +90,8 @@ def main(args):
     if config.get("worker"):
         worker_config.update(config.get("worker"))
 
-    workon(experiment, **worker_config)
+    workon(
+        experiment,
+        ignore_code_changes=config["branching"].get("ignore_code_changes"),
+        **worker_config
+    )

src/orion/core/worker/__init__.py

@@ -83,11 +83,16 @@ def workon(
     heartbeat=None,
     user_script_config=None,
     interrupt_signal_code=None,
+    ignore_code_changes=None,
 ):
     """Try to find solution to the search problem defined in `experiment`."""
     producer = Producer(experiment, max_idle_time)
     consumer = Consumer(
-        experiment, heartbeat, user_script_config, interrupt_signal_code
+        experiment,
+        heartbeat,
+        user_script_config,
+        interrupt_signal_code,
+        ignore_code_changes,
     )
 
     log.debug("#####  Init Experiment  #####")

src/orion/core/worker/consumer.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def __init__(
         heartbeat=None,
         user_script_config=None,
         interrupt_signal_code=None,
+        ignore_code_changes=None,
     ):
         log.debug("Creating Consumer object.")
         self.experiment = experiment
@@ -96,8 +97,12 @@ def __init__(
         if interrupt_signal_code is None:
             interrupt_signal_code = orion.core.config.worker.interrupt_signal_code
 
+        if ignore_code_changes is None:
+            ignore_code_changes = orion.core.config.evc.ignore_code_changes
+
         self.heartbeat = heartbeat
         self.interrupt_signal_code = interrupt_signal_code
+        self.ignore_code_changes = ignore_code_changes
 
         # Fetch space builder
         self.template_builder = OrionCmdlineParser(user_script_config)
@@ -246,6 +251,9 @@ def _consume(self, trial, workdirname):
         return results_file
 
     def _validate_code_version(self):
+        if self.ignore_code_changes:
+            return
+
         old_config = self.experiment.configuration
         new_config = copy.deepcopy(old_config)
         new_config["metadata"]["VCS"] = infer_versioning_metadata(

tests/functional/branching/test_branching.py

@@ -854,14 +854,16 @@ def test_new_code_triggers_code_conflict_with_name_only(capsys):
 def test_new_code_ignores_code_conflict():
     """Test that a different git hash is *not* generating a child if --ignore-code-changes"""
     name = "full_x"
-    orion.core.cli.main(
+    # Let it run for 2 trials to test consumer._validate_code_version too.
+    error_code = orion.core.cli.main(
         (
-            "hunt --init-only -n {name} --ignore-code-changes "
+            "hunt --worker-max-trials 2 -n {name} --ignore-code-changes "
             "--manual-resolution ./black_box.py -x~uniform(-10,10)"
         )
         .format(name=name)
         .split(" ")
     )
+    assert error_code == 0
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("init_full_x", "version_XYZ")