Save VAE provided by cmd_opts.vae_path

    vae_list.extend(default_vae_list)

    vae_list.extend(list(res.keys()))

    vae_dict.clear()

    vae_dict.update(default_vae_dict)

    vae_dict.update(res)

    vae_dict.update(default_vae_dict)

    return vae_list

def resolve_vae(checkpoint_file, vae_file="auto"):

    global first_load, vae_dict, vae_list

    # save_settings = False

    # if vae_file argument is provided, it takes priority

    # if vae_file argument is provided, it takes priority, but not saved

    if vae_file and vae_file not in default_vae_list:

        if not os.path.isfile(vae_file):

            vae_file = "auto"

            # save_settings = True

            print("VAE provided as function argument doesn't exist")

    # for the first load, if vae-path is provided, it takes priority and failure is reported

    # for the first load, if vae-path is provided, it takes priority, saved, and failure is reported

    if first_load and shared.cmd_opts.vae_path is not None:

        if os.path.isfile(shared.cmd_opts.vae_path):

            vae_file = shared.cmd_opts.vae_path

            # save_settings = True

            # print("Using VAE provided as command line argument")

            shared.opts.data['sd_vae'] = get_filename(vae_file)

        else:

            print("VAE provided as command line argument doesn't exist")

    # else, we load from settings