diff --git a/merge.py b/merge.py
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+import os
+
+import torch
+import transformers
+from peft import PeftModel
+from transformers import LlamaForCausalLM, LlamaTokenizer  # noqa: F402
+
+
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Merge Base Model and Lora')
+parser.add_argument('--base_model', type=str, default="minlik/chinese-llama-7b-merged", help='base model path')
+parser.add_argument('--lora_model', type=str, default="entity303/legal-lora-7b", help='lora model path')
+parser.add_argument('--output_dir', type=str, default="./models/base_models/llama-7b-legal-lora-merged", help='output model path')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+BASE_MODEL = args.base_model
+LORA_MODEL = args.lora_model
+OUTPUT_DIR = args.output_dir
+
+
+assert (
+    BASE_MODEL
+), "Please specify a value for BASE_MODEL environment variable, e.g. `export BASE_MODEL=huggyllama/llama-7b`"  # noqa: E501
+
+
+print(f"{'*'*20} Using base model: {BASE_MODEL} {'*'*20}")
+print(f"{'*'*20} Using lora model: {LORA_MODEL} {'*'*20}")
+print(f"{'*'*20} Saving to: {OUTPUT_DIR} {'*'*20}")
+
+tokenizer = LlamaTokenizer.from_pretrained(BASE_MODEL)
+
+base_model = LlamaForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+    BASE_MODEL,
+    load_in_8bit=False,
+    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
+    device_map={"": "cpu"},
+)
+
+first_weight = base_model.model.layers[0].self_attn.q_proj.weight
+first_weight_old = first_weight.clone()
+
+lora_model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(
+    base_model,
+    LORA_MODEL,
+    device_map={"": "cpu"},
+    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
+)
+
+lora_weight = lora_model.base_model.model.model.layers[
+    0
+].self_attn.q_proj.weight
+
+assert torch.allclose(first_weight_old, first_weight)
+
+# merge weights - new merging method from peft
+lora_model = lora_model.merge_and_unload()
+
+lora_model.train(False)
+
+# did we do anything?
+assert not torch.allclose(first_weight_old, first_weight)
+
+lora_model_sd = lora_model.state_dict()
+deloreanized_sd = {
+    k.replace("base_model.model.", ""): v
+    for k, v in lora_model_sd.items()
+    if "lora" not in k
+}
+
+LlamaForCausalLM.save_pretrained(
+    base_model, OUTPUT_DIR, state_dict=deloreanized_sd, max_shard_size="2048MB"
+)
+
+LlamaTokenizer.save_pretrained(tokenizer, OUTPUT_DIR)
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diff --git a/scripts/merge.sh b/scripts/merge.sh
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+python merge.py \
+    --base_model 'minlik/chinese-llama-7b-merged' \
+    --lora_model 'entity303/legal-lora-7b' \
+    --output_dir './models/base_models/legal_base-7b' \
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