add support for -st flag in embedding model conversion

This commit add support for the -st flag in the embedding model
conversion script. This will enable models to be converted using
sentence transformers dense layers.

Author: danbev

examples/model-conversion/Makefile

@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ embedding-convert-model:
 	METADATA_OVERRIDE="$(METADATA_OVERRIDE)" \
 	./scripts/embedding/convert-model.sh
 
+embedding-convert-model-st:
+	$(call validate_embedding_model_path,embedding-convert-model-st)
+	@MODEL_NAME="$(MODEL_NAME)" OUTTYPE="$(OUTTYPE)" MODEL_PATH="$(EMBEDDING_MODEL_PATH)" \
+	METADATA_OVERRIDE="$(METADATA_OVERRIDE)" \
+	./scripts/embedding/convert-model.sh -st
+
 embedding-run-original-model:
 	$(call validate_embedding_model_path,embedding-run-original-model)
 	@EMBEDDING_MODEL_PATH="$(EMBEDDING_MODEL_PATH)" \

examples/model-conversion/scripts/embedding/convert-model.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Parse command line arguments
+SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS=""
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        -st|--sentence-transformers)
+            SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS="--sentence-transformers-dense-modules"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown option: $1"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
 MODEL_NAME="${MODEL_NAME:-$(basename "$EMBEDDING_MODEL_PATH")}"
 OUTPUT_DIR="${OUTPUT_DIR:-../../models}"
 TYPE="${OUTTYPE:-f16}"
@@ -15,7 +30,8 @@ echo "Converted model path:: ${CONVERTED_MODEL}"
 python ../../convert_hf_to_gguf.py --verbose \
     ${EMBEDDING_MODEL_PATH} \
     --outfile ${CONVERTED_MODEL} \
-    --outtype ${TYPE}
+    --outtype ${TYPE} \
+    ${SENTENCE_TRANSFORMERS}
 
 echo ""
 echo "The environment variable CONVERTED_EMBEDDING MODEL can be set to this path using:"