unsloth/CONTRIBUTING.md
Vishwanath Martur 022a5d566a Improve documentation on how to export model from Colab
Related to #1615

Add documentation and function for exporting models from Colab to local machines.

* **README.md**: Add a new section titled "Exporting Models from Colab to Local Machine" under " Finetune for Free" with detailed steps for exporting models from Colab to local machines.
* **CONTRIBUTING.md**: Add a note about the new documentation section for exporting models from Colab.
* **unsloth/save.py**: Add a new function `export_model_to_local` to handle exporting models from Colab to local machines.

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🦥 Contributing to Unsloth

Thank you for not only using Unsloth but also for being interested in helping out! We value all contributions, whether they come in the form of code, ideas, support for others or just by simply spreading the word of Unsloth! 💕

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Note

We have added a new section in the README.md under " Finetune for Free" titled "Exporting Models from Colab to Local Machine" with detailed steps. Please refer to it for guidance on exporting models from Colab to your local machine.

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