Allow `# Ignore copy` (#27328)

* fix

---------

Co-authored-by: ydshieh <ydshieh@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Arthur <48595927+ArthurZucker@users.noreply.github.com>

tests/models/longformer/test_tokenization_longformer.py

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ from ...test_tokenization_common import TokenizerTesterMixin
 
 
 @require_tokenizers
+# Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest with roberta-base->allenai/longformer-base-4096,Roberta->Longformer,roberta->longformer,
 class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    # Ignore copy
     tokenizer_class = LongformerTokenizer
     test_slow_tokenizer = True
     rust_tokenizer_class = LongformerTokenizerFast
@@ -71,23 +73,19 @@ class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         with open(self.merges_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
             fp.write("\n".join(merges))
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.get_tokenizer
     def get_tokenizer(self, **kwargs):
         kwargs.update(self.special_tokens_map)
         return self.tokenizer_class.from_pretrained(self.tmpdirname, **kwargs)
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.get_rust_tokenizer
     def get_rust_tokenizer(self, **kwargs):
         kwargs.update(self.special_tokens_map)
         return self.rust_tokenizer_class.from_pretrained(self.tmpdirname, **kwargs)
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.get_input_output_texts
     def get_input_output_texts(self, tokenizer):
         input_text = "lower newer"
         output_text = "lower newer"
         return input_text, output_text
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.test_full_tokenizer
     def test_full_tokenizer(self):
         tokenizer = self.tokenizer_class(self.vocab_file, self.merges_file, **self.special_tokens_map)
         text = "lower newer"
@@ -99,7 +97,6 @@ class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         input_bpe_tokens = [0, 1, 2, 15, 10, 9, 3, 2, 15, 19]
         self.assertListEqual(tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(input_tokens), input_bpe_tokens)
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.roberta_dict_integration_testing with roberta->longformer
     def longformer_dict_integration_testing(self):
         tokenizer = self.get_tokenizer()
 
@@ -110,7 +107,6 @@ class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
     @slow
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.test_sequence_builders with roberta-base->allenai/longformer-base-4096
     def test_sequence_builders(self):
         tokenizer = self.tokenizer_class.from_pretrained("allenai/longformer-base-4096")
 
@@ -130,7 +126,6 @@ class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         assert encoded_sentence == encoded_text_from_decode
         assert encoded_pair == encoded_pair_from_decode
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.test_space_encoding
     def test_space_encoding(self):
         tokenizer = self.get_tokenizer()
 
@@ -171,11 +166,9 @@ class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         first_char = tokenizer.convert_ids_to_tokens(encoded[mask_loc + 1])[0]
         self.assertNotEqual(first_char, space_encoding)
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.test_pretokenized_inputs
     def test_pretokenized_inputs(self):
         pass
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.test_embeded_special_tokens
     def test_embeded_special_tokens(self):
         for tokenizer, pretrained_name, kwargs in self.tokenizers_list:
             with self.subTest(f"{tokenizer.__class__.__name__} ({pretrained_name})"):
@@ -208,7 +201,6 @@ class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
                     tokens_r_str, ["<s>", "A", ",", "<mask>", "ĠAllen", "N", "LP", "Ġsentence", ".", "</s>"]
                 )
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.test_change_add_prefix_space_and_trim_offsets_args
     def test_change_add_prefix_space_and_trim_offsets_args(self):
         for trim_offsets, add_prefix_space in itertools.product([True, False], repeat=2):
             tokenizer_r = self.rust_tokenizer_class.from_pretrained(
@@ -223,7 +215,6 @@ class LongformerTokenizationTest(TokenizerTesterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(post_processor_state["add_prefix_space"], add_prefix_space)
             self.assertEqual(post_processor_state["trim_offsets"], trim_offsets)
 
-    # Copied from tests.models.roberta.test_tokenization_roberta.RobertaTokenizationTest.test_offsets_mapping_with_different_add_prefix_space_and_trim_space_arguments
     def test_offsets_mapping_with_different_add_prefix_space_and_trim_space_arguments(self):
         # Test which aims to verify that the offsets are well adapted to the argument `add_prefix_space` and
         # `trim_offsets`

tests/repo_utils/test_check_copies.py

@@ -95,13 +95,156 @@ class BertCopyModel(BertCopyPreTrainedModel):
 """
 
 
+MOCK_DUMMY_BERT_CODE_MATCH = """
+class BertDummyModel:
+    attr_1 = 1
+    attr_2 = 2
+
+    def __init__(self, a=1, b=2):
+        self.a = a
+        self.b = b
+
+    # Copied from transformers.models.dummy_gpt2.modeling_dummy_gpt2.GPT2DummyModel.forward
+    def forward(self, c):
+        return 1
+
+    def existing_common(self, c):
+        return 4
+
+    def existing_diff_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 9
+"""
+
+
+MOCK_DUMMY_ROBERTA_CODE_MATCH = """
+# Copied from transformers.models.dummy_bert_match.modeling_dummy_bert_match.BertDummyModel with BertDummy->RobertaBertDummy
+class RobertaBertDummyModel:
+
+    attr_1 = 1
+    attr_2 = 2
+
+    def __init__(self, a=1, b=2):
+        self.a = a
+        self.b = b
+
+    # Ignore copy
+    def only_in_roberta_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 3
+
+    # Copied from transformers.models.dummy_gpt2.modeling_dummy_gpt2.GPT2DummyModel.forward
+    def forward(self, c):
+        return 1
+
+    def existing_common(self, c):
+        return 4
+
+    # Ignore copy
+    def existing_diff_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 6
+"""
+
+
+MOCK_DUMMY_BERT_CODE_NO_MATCH = """
+class BertDummyModel:
+    attr_1 = 1
+    attr_2 = 2
+
+    def __init__(self, a=1, b=2):
+        self.a = a
+        self.b = b
+
+    # Copied from transformers.models.dummy_gpt2.modeling_dummy_gpt2.GPT2DummyModel.forward
+    def forward(self, c):
+        return 1
+
+    def only_in_bert(self, c):
+        return 7
+
+    def existing_common(self, c):
+        return 4
+
+    def existing_diff_not_ignored(self, c):
+        return 8
+
+    def existing_diff_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 9
+"""
+
+
+MOCK_DUMMY_ROBERTA_CODE_NO_MATCH = """
+# Copied from transformers.models.dummy_bert_no_match.modeling_dummy_bert_no_match.BertDummyModel with BertDummy->RobertaBertDummy
+class RobertaBertDummyModel:
+
+    attr_1 = 1
+    attr_2 = 3
+
+    def __init__(self, a=1, b=2):
+        self.a = a
+        self.b = b
+
+    # Ignore copy
+    def only_in_roberta_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 3
+
+    # Copied from transformers.models.dummy_gpt2.modeling_dummy_gpt2.GPT2DummyModel.forward
+    def forward(self, c):
+        return 1
+
+    def only_in_roberta_not_ignored(self, c):
+        return 2
+
+    def existing_common(self, c):
+        return 4
+
+    def existing_diff_not_ignored(self, c):
+        return 5
+
+    # Ignore copy
+    def existing_diff_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 6
+"""
+
+
+EXPECTED_REPLACED_CODE = """
+# Copied from transformers.models.dummy_bert_no_match.modeling_dummy_bert_no_match.BertDummyModel with BertDummy->RobertaBertDummy
+class RobertaBertDummyModel:
+    attr_1 = 1
+    attr_2 = 2
+
+    def __init__(self, a=1, b=2):
+        self.a = a
+        self.b = b
+
+    # Copied from transformers.models.dummy_gpt2.modeling_dummy_gpt2.GPT2DummyModel.forward
+    def forward(self, c):
+        return 1
+
+    def only_in_bert(self, c):
+        return 7
+
+    def existing_common(self, c):
+        return 4
+
+    def existing_diff_not_ignored(self, c):
+        return 8
+
+    # Ignore copy
+    def existing_diff_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 6
+
+    # Ignore copy
+    def only_in_roberta_to_be_ignored(self, c):
+        return 3
+"""
+
+
 def replace_in_file(filename, old, new):
     with open(filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         content = f.read()
 
     content = content.replace(old, new)
 
-    with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as f:
         f.write(content)
 
 
@@ -117,11 +260,18 @@ def create_tmp_repo(tmp_dir):
     model_dir = tmp_dir / "src" / "transformers" / "models"
     model_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    models = {"bert": MOCK_BERT_CODE, "bertcopy": MOCK_BERT_COPY_CODE}
+    models = {
+        "bert": MOCK_BERT_CODE,
+        "bertcopy": MOCK_BERT_COPY_CODE,
+        "dummy_bert_match": MOCK_DUMMY_BERT_CODE_MATCH,
+        "dummy_roberta_match": MOCK_DUMMY_ROBERTA_CODE_MATCH,
+        "dummy_bert_no_match": MOCK_DUMMY_BERT_CODE_NO_MATCH,
+        "dummy_roberta_no_match": MOCK_DUMMY_ROBERTA_CODE_NO_MATCH,
+    }
     for model, code in models.items():
         model_subdir = model_dir / model
         model_subdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-        with open(model_subdir / f"modeling_{model}.py", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        with open(model_subdir / f"modeling_{model}.py", "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as f:
             f.write(code)
 
 
@@ -176,11 +326,47 @@ class CopyCheckTester(unittest.TestCase):
                 diffs = is_copy_consistent(file_to_check)
                 self.assertEqual(diffs, [["models.bert.modeling_bert.BertModel", 22]])
 
-                diffs = is_copy_consistent(file_to_check, overwrite=True)
+                _ = is_copy_consistent(file_to_check, overwrite=True)
 
                 with open(file_to_check, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                     self.assertEqual(f.read(), MOCK_BERT_COPY_CODE)
 
+    def test_is_copy_consistent_with_ignored_match(self):
+        path_to_check = ["src", "transformers", "models", "dummy_roberta_match", "modeling_dummy_roberta_match.py"]
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_folder:
+            # Base check
+            create_tmp_repo(tmp_folder)
+            with patch_transformer_repo_path(tmp_folder):
+                file_to_check = os.path.join(tmp_folder, *path_to_check)
+                diffs = is_copy_consistent(file_to_check)
+                self.assertEqual(diffs, [])
+
+    def test_is_copy_consistent_with_ignored_no_match(self):
+        path_to_check = [
+            "src",
+            "transformers",
+            "models",
+            "dummy_roberta_no_match",
+            "modeling_dummy_roberta_no_match.py",
+        ]
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_folder:
+            # Base check with an inconsistency
+            create_tmp_repo(tmp_folder)
+            with patch_transformer_repo_path(tmp_folder):
+                file_to_check = os.path.join(tmp_folder, *path_to_check)
+
+                diffs = is_copy_consistent(file_to_check)
+                # line 6: `attr_2 = 3` in `MOCK_DUMMY_ROBERTA_CODE_NO_MATCH`.
+                # (which has a leading `\n`.)
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    diffs, [["models.dummy_bert_no_match.modeling_dummy_bert_no_match.BertDummyModel", 6]]
+                )
+
+                _ = is_copy_consistent(file_to_check, overwrite=True)
+
+                with open(file_to_check, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    self.assertEqual(f.read(), EXPECTED_REPLACED_CODE)
+
     def test_convert_to_localized_md(self):
         localized_readme = check_copies.LOCALIZED_READMES["README_zh-hans.md"]
 

utils/check_copies.py

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ import glob
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
-from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from transformers.utils import direct_transformers_import
 
@@ -125,13 +126,213 @@ LOCALIZED_READMES = {
 transformers_module = direct_transformers_import(TRANSFORMERS_PATH)
 
 
+def _is_definition_header_ending_line(line: str) -> bool:
+    # Helper function. Returns `True` if `line` is the end parenthesis of a class/function definition
+    return re.search(r"^\s*\)(\s*->.*:|:)\s*$", line) is not None
+
+
 def _should_continue(line: str, indent: str) -> bool:
     # Helper function. Returns `True` if `line` is empty, starts with the `indent` or is the end parenthesis of a
-    # function definition
-    return line.startswith(indent) or len(line.strip()) == 0 or re.search(r"^\s*\)(\s*->.*:|:)\s*$", line) is not None
+    # class/function definition
+    return line.startswith(indent) or len(line.strip()) == 0 or _is_definition_header_ending_line(line)
 
 
-def find_code_in_transformers(object_name: str, base_path: str = None) -> str:
+def _sanity_check_splits(splits_1, splits_2, is_class):
+    """Check the two (inner) block structures of the corresponding code block given by `split_code_into_blocks` match.
+
+    For the case of `class`, they must be of one of the following 3 cases:
+
+        - a single block without name:
+
+            class foo:
+                a = 1
+
+        - a consecutive sequence of (1 or more) blocks with name
+
+            class foo:
+
+                def f(x):
+                    return x
+
+        - a block without name, followed by a consecutive sequence of (1 or more) blocks with name
+
+            class foo:
+                a = 1
+
+                def f(x):
+                    return x
+
+                def g(x):
+                    return None
+
+    The 2 code snippets that give `splits_1` and `splits_2` have to be in the same case to pass this check, but the
+    number of blocks with name in the consecutive sequence is not taken into account.
+
+    For the case of `function or method`, we don't require it to be in one of the above 3 cases. However, the structure
+    of`splits_1` and `splits_2` have to match exactly. In particular, the number of blocks with name in a consecutive
+    sequence is taken into account.
+    """
+    block_names_1 = []
+    block_names_2 = []
+
+    for block in splits_1[1:]:
+        if block[0].startswith("_block_without_name_"):
+            block_names_1.append("block_without_name")
+        elif not block[0].startswith("_empty_block_") and (
+            not is_class or len(block_names_1) == 0 or block_names_1[-1].startswith("block_without_name")
+        ):
+            block_names_1.append("block_with_name")
+
+    for block in splits_2[1:]:
+        if block[0].startswith("_block_without_name_"):
+            block_names_2.append("block_without_name")
+        elif not block[0].startswith("_empty_block_") and (
+            not is_class or len(block_names_2) == 0 or block_names_2[-1].startswith("block_without_name")
+        ):
+            block_names_2.append("block_with_name")
+
+    if is_class:
+        if block_names_1 not in [
+            ["block_without_name"],
+            ["block_with_name"],
+            ["block_without_name", "block_with_name"],
+        ]:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "For a class, it must have a specific structure. See the docstring of `_sanity_check_splits` in the file `utils/check_copies.py`"
+            )
+
+    if block_names_1 != block_names_2:
+        raise ValueError("The structures in the 2 code blocks differ.")
+
+
+def find_block_end(lines: List[str], start_index: int, indent: int) -> int:
+    """
+    Find the end of the class/func block starting at `start_index` in a source code (defined by `lines`).
+
+    Args:
+        lines (`List[str]`):
+            The source code, represented by a list of lines.
+        start_index (`int`):
+            The starting index of the target class/func block.
+        indent (`int`):
+            The indent of the class/func body.
+
+    Returns:
+        `int`: The index of the block's ending line plus by 1 (i.e. exclusive).
+    """
+    indent = " " * indent
+    # enter the block body
+    line_index = start_index + 1
+
+    while line_index < len(lines) and _should_continue(lines[line_index], indent):
+        line_index += 1
+    # Clean up empty lines at the end (if any).
+    while len(lines[line_index - 1]) <= 1:
+        line_index -= 1
+
+    return line_index
+
+
+def split_code_into_blocks(
+    lines: List[str], start_index: int, end_index: int, indent: int, backtrace: bool = False
+) -> List[Tuple[str, int, int]]:
+    """
+    Split the class/func block starting at `start_index` in a source code (defined by `lines`) into *inner blocks*.
+
+    The block's header is included as the first element. The contiguous regions (without empty lines) that are not
+    inside any inner block are included as blocks. The contiguous regions of empty lines that are not inside any inner
+    block are also included as (dummy) blocks.
+
+    Args:
+        lines (`List[str]`):
+            The source code, represented by a list of lines.
+        start_index (`int`):
+            The starting index of the target class/func block.
+        end_index (`int`):
+            The ending index of the target class/func block.
+        indent (`int`):
+            The indent of the class/func body.
+        backtrace (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
+            Whether or not to include the lines before the inner class/func block's header (e.g. comments, decorators,
+            etc.) until an empty line is encountered.
+
+    Returns:
+        `List[Tuple[str, int, int]]`: A list of elements with the form `(block_name, start_index, end_index)`.
+    """
+    splits = []
+    # `indent - 4` is the indent level of the target class/func header
+    target_block_name = re.search(rf"^{' ' * (indent - 4)}((class|def)\s+\S+)(\(|\:)", lines[start_index]).groups()[0]
+
+    # from now on, the `block` means inner blocks unless explicitly specified
+    indent_str = " " * indent
+    block_without_name_idx = 0
+    empty_block_idx = 0
+
+    # Find the lines for the definition header
+    index = start_index
+    if "(" in lines[start_index] and "):" not in lines[start_index] in lines[start_index]:
+        while index < end_index:
+            if _is_definition_header_ending_line(lines[index]):
+                break
+            index += 1
+
+    # the first line outside the definition header
+    index += 1
+    splits.append((target_block_name, start_index, index))
+
+    block_start_index, prev_block_end_index = index, index
+    while index < end_index:
+        # if found, it will be an inner block
+        block_found = re.search(rf"^{indent_str}((class|def)\s+\S+)(\(|\:)", lines[index])
+        if block_found:
+            name = block_found.groups()[0]
+
+            block_end_index = find_block_end(lines, index, indent + 4)
+
+            # backtrace to include the lines before the found block's definition header (e.g. comments, decorators,
+            # etc.) until an empty line is encountered.
+            block_start_index = index
+            if index > prev_block_end_index and backtrace:
+                idx = index - 1
+                for idx in range(index - 1, prev_block_end_index - 2, -1):
+                    if not (len(lines[idx].strip()) > 0 and lines[idx].startswith(indent_str)):
+                        break
+                idx += 1
+                if idx < index:
+                    block_start_index = idx
+
+            # between the current found block and the previous found block
+            if block_start_index > prev_block_end_index:
+                # give it a dummy name
+                if len("".join(lines[prev_block_end_index:block_start_index]).strip()) == 0:
+                    prev_block_name = f"_empty_block_{empty_block_idx}"
+                    empty_block_idx += 1
+                else:
+                    prev_block_name = f"_block_without_name_{block_without_name_idx}"
+                    block_without_name_idx += 1
+                # Add it as a block
+                splits.append((prev_block_name, prev_block_end_index, block_start_index))
+
+            # Add the current found block
+            splits.append((name, block_start_index, block_end_index))
+            prev_block_end_index = block_end_index
+            index = block_end_index - 1
+
+        index += 1
+
+    if index > prev_block_end_index:
+        if len("".join(lines[prev_block_end_index:index]).strip()) == 0:
+            prev_block_name = f"_empty_block_{empty_block_idx}"
+        else:
+            prev_block_name = f"_block_without_name_{block_without_name_idx}"
+        splits.append((prev_block_name, prev_block_end_index, index))
+
+    return splits
+
+
+def find_code_in_transformers(
+    object_name: str, base_path: str = None, return_indices: bool = False
+) -> Union[str, Tuple[List[str], int, int]]:
     """
     Find and return the source code of an object.
 
@@ -140,9 +341,15 @@ def find_code_in_transformers(object_name: str, base_path: str = None) -> str:
             The name of the object we want the source code of.
         base_path (`str`, *optional*):
             The path to the base folder where files are checked. If not set, it will be set to `TRANSFORMERS_PATH`.
+        return_indices(`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
+            If `False`, will only return the code (as a string), otherwise it will also return the whole lines of the
+            file where the object specified by `object_name` is defined, together the start/end indices of the block in
+            the file that defines the object.
 
     Returns:
-        `str`: The source code of the object.
+        `Union[str, Tuple[List[str], int, int]]`: If `return_indices=False`, only the source code of the object will be
+        returned. Otherwise, it also returns the whole lines of the file where the object specified by `object_name` is
+        defined, together the start/end indices of the block in the file that defines the object.
     """
     parts = object_name.split(".")
     i = 0
@@ -181,22 +388,91 @@ def find_code_in_transformers(object_name: str, base_path: str = None) -> str:
             line_index < len(lines) and re.search(rf"^{indent}(class|def)\s+{name}(\(|\:)", lines[line_index]) is None
         ):
             line_index += 1
+        # find the target specified in the current level in `parts` -> increase `indent` so we can search the next
         indent += "    "
+        # the index of the first line in the (currently found) block *body*
         line_index += 1
 
     if line_index >= len(lines):
         raise ValueError(f" {object_name} does not match any function or class in {module}.")
 
-    # We found the beginning of the class / func, now let's find the end (when the indent diminishes).
-    start_index = line_index - 1
-    while line_index < len(lines) and _should_continue(lines[line_index], indent):
-        line_index += 1
-    # Clean up empty lines at the end (if any).
-    while len(lines[line_index - 1]) <= 1:
-        line_index -= 1
+    # `indent` is already one level deeper than the (found) class/func block's definition header
 
-    code_lines = lines[start_index:line_index]
-    return "".join(code_lines)
+    # We found the beginning of the class / func, now let's find the end (when the indent diminishes).
+    # `start_index` is the index of the class/func block's definition header
+    start_index = line_index - 1
+    end_index = find_block_end(lines, start_index, len(indent))
+
+    code = "".join(lines[start_index:end_index])
+    return (code, (lines, start_index, end_index)) if return_indices else code
+
+
+def replace_code(code: str, replace_pattern: str) -> str:
+    """Replace `code` by a pattern of the form `with X1->X2,Y1->Y2,Z1->Z2`.
+
+    Args:
+        code (`str`): The code to be modified.
+        replace_pattern (`str`): The pattern used to modify `code`.
+
+    Returns:
+        `str`: The modified code.
+    """
+    if len(replace_pattern) > 0:
+        patterns = replace_pattern.replace("with", "").split(",")
+        patterns = [_re_replace_pattern.search(p) for p in patterns]
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            if pattern is None:
+                continue
+            obj1, obj2, option = pattern.groups()
+            code = re.sub(obj1, obj2, code)
+            if option.strip() == "all-casing":
+                code = re.sub(obj1.lower(), obj2.lower(), code)
+                code = re.sub(obj1.upper(), obj2.upper(), code)
+
+    return code
+
+
+def find_code_and_splits(object_name: str, base_path: str, buffer: dict = None):
+    """Find the code of an object (specified by `object_name`) and split it into blocks.
+
+    Args:
+        object_name (`str`):
+            The name of the object, e.g. `transformers.models.bert.modeling_bert.BertAttention` or
+            `tests.models.llama.test_modeling_llama.LlamaModelTest.test_config`.
+        base_path (`str`):
+            The path to the base directory within which the search will be performed. It could be either
+            `TRANSFORMERS_PATH` or `MODEL_TEST_PATH`.
+        buffer (`dict`, *optional*):
+            The buffer used to store the previous results in order to speed up the process.
+
+    Returns:
+        lines (`List[str]`):
+            The lines of the whole file where the object is defined.
+        code (`str`):
+            The object's code.
+        code_splits (`List[Tuple[str, int, int]]`):
+            `code` splitted into blocks. See `split_code_into_blocks`.
+    """
+    if buffer is None:
+        buffer = {}
+
+    if (object_name, base_path) in buffer:
+        lines, code, code_splits = buffer[(object_name, base_path)]
+    else:
+        code, (lines, target_start_index, target_end_index) = find_code_in_transformers(
+            object_name, base_path=base_path, return_indices=True
+        )
+        indent = get_indent(code)
+
+        # Split the code into blocks
+        # `indent` is the indent of the class/func definition header, but `code_splits` expects the indent level of the
+        # block body.
+        code_splits = split_code_into_blocks(
+            lines, target_start_index, target_end_index, len(indent) + 4, backtrace=True
+        )
+        buffer[(object_name, base_path)] = lines, code, code_splits
+
+    return lines, code, code_splits
 
 
 _re_copy_warning = re.compile(r"^(\s*)#\s*Copied from\s+transformers\.(\S+\.\S+)\s*($|\S.*$)")
@@ -285,7 +561,7 @@ def check_codes_match(observed_code: str, theoretical_code: str) -> Optional[int
         diff_index += 1
 
 
-def is_copy_consistent(filename: str, overwrite: bool = False) -> Optional[List[Tuple[str, int]]]:
+def is_copy_consistent(filename: str, overwrite: bool = False, buffer: dict = None) -> Optional[List[Tuple[str, int]]]:
     """
     Check if the code commented as a copy in a file matches the original.
 
@@ -294,11 +570,15 @@ def is_copy_consistent(filename: str, overwrite: bool = False) -> Optional[List[
             The name of the file to check.
         overwrite (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
             Whether or not to overwrite the copies when they don't match.
+        buffer (`dict`, *optional*):
+            The buffer used to store the previous results in order to speed up the process.
 
     Returns:
         `Optional[List[Tuple[str, int]]]`: If `overwrite=False`, returns the list of differences as tuples `(str, int)`
         with the name of the object having a diff and the line number where theere is the first diff.
     """
+    base_path = TRANSFORMERS_PATH if not filename.startswith("tests") else MODEL_TEST_PATH
+
     with open(filename, "r", encoding="utf-8", newline="\n") as f:
         lines = f.readlines()
     diffs = []
@@ -317,16 +597,31 @@ def is_copy_consistent(filename: str, overwrite: bool = False) -> Optional[List[
         # There is some copied code here, let's retrieve the original.
         indent, object_name, replace_pattern = search.groups()
 
-        base_path = TRANSFORMERS_PATH if not filename.startswith("tests") else MODEL_TEST_PATH
-        theoretical_code = find_code_in_transformers(object_name, base_path=base_path)
+        # Find the file lines, the object's code, and its blocks
+        target_lines, theoretical_code, theoretical_code_splits = find_code_and_splits(
+            object_name, base_path, buffer=buffer
+        )
+
+        # code replaced by the patterns
+        theoretical_code_blocks = OrderedDict()
+        for name, start, end in theoretical_code_splits:
+            name = replace_code(name, replace_pattern)
+            code = "".join(target_lines[start:end])
+            code = replace_code(code, replace_pattern)
+            theoretical_code_blocks[name] = code
+
         theoretical_indent = get_indent(theoretical_code)
 
+        # `start_index` is the index of the first line (the definition header) after `# Copied from`.
+        # (`indent != theoretical_indent` doesn't seem to occur so far, not sure what this case is for.)
         start_index = line_index + 1 if indent == theoretical_indent else line_index
+        # enter the block body
         line_index = start_index + 1
 
         subcode = "\n".join(theoretical_code.split("\n")[1:])
         indent = get_indent(subcode)
         # Loop to check the observed code, stop when indentation diminishes or if we see a End copy comment.
+        # We can't call `find_block_end` directly as there is sth. special `# End copy"` here.
         should_continue = True
         while line_index < len(lines) and should_continue:
             line_index += 1
@@ -336,33 +631,118 @@ def is_copy_consistent(filename: str, overwrite: bool = False) -> Optional[List[
             # There is a special pattern `# End copy` to stop early. It's not documented cause it shouldn't really be
             # used.
             should_continue = _should_continue(line, indent) and re.search(f"^{indent}# End copy", line) is None
+        # `line_index` is outside the block
         # Clean up empty lines at the end (if any).
         while len(lines[line_index - 1]) <= 1:
             line_index -= 1
 
-        observed_code_lines = lines[start_index:line_index]
-        observed_code = "".join(observed_code_lines)
+        # Split the observed code into blocks
+        observed_code_splits = split_code_into_blocks(lines, start_index, line_index, len(indent), backtrace=True)
 
-        # Before comparing, use the `replace_pattern` on the original code.
-        if len(replace_pattern) > 0:
-            patterns = replace_pattern.replace("with", "").split(",")
-            patterns = [_re_replace_pattern.search(p) for p in patterns]
-            for pattern in patterns:
-                if pattern is None:
-                    continue
-                obj1, obj2, option = pattern.groups()
-                theoretical_code = re.sub(obj1, obj2, theoretical_code)
-                if option.strip() == "all-casing":
-                    theoretical_code = re.sub(obj1.lower(), obj2.lower(), theoretical_code)
-                    theoretical_code = re.sub(obj1.upper(), obj2.upper(), theoretical_code)
+        is_class = lines[start_index].startswith(f"{' ' * (len(indent) - 4)}class ")
+        # sanity check
+        _sanity_check_splits(theoretical_code_splits, observed_code_splits, is_class=is_class)
+
+        # observed code in a structured way (a dict mapping block names to blocks' code)
+        observed_code_blocks = OrderedDict()
+        for name, start, end in observed_code_splits:
+            code = "".join(lines[start:end])
+            observed_code_blocks[name] = code
+
+        # Below, we change some names in `theoretical_code_blocks` and `observed_code_blocks`. These mappings map the
+        # original names to the modified names: this is used to restore the original order of the code blocks.
+        name_mappings_1 = {k: k for k in theoretical_code_blocks.keys()}
+        name_mappings_2 = {k: k for k in observed_code_blocks.keys()}
+
+        # Update code blocks' name and content:
+        #   If `"# Ignore copy"` is found in a block of the observed code:
+        #     1. if it's a block only in the observed code --> add it to the theoretical code.
+        #     2. if it's also in the theoretical code () --> put its content (body) to the corresponding block under the
+        #        same name in the theoretical code.
+        #   In both cases, we change the name to have a prefix `_ignored_` so we know if we can discard them during the
+        #   comparison.
+        ignored_existing_block_index = 0
+        ignored_new_block_index = 0
+        for name in list(observed_code_blocks.keys()):
+            code = observed_code_blocks[name]
+            if "# Ignore copy" in code:
+                if name in theoretical_code_blocks:
+                    # in the target --> just copy the content
+                    del theoretical_code_blocks[name]
+                    theoretical_code_blocks[f"_ignored_existing_block_{ignored_existing_block_index}"] = code
+                    name_mappings_1[name] = f"_ignored_existing_block_{ignored_existing_block_index}"
+
+                    del observed_code_blocks[name]
+                    observed_code_blocks[f"_ignored_existing_block_{ignored_existing_block_index}"] = code
+                    name_mappings_2[name] = f"_ignored_existing_block_{ignored_existing_block_index}"
+                    ignored_existing_block_index += 1
+                else:
+                    # not in the target --> add it
+                    theoretical_code_blocks[f"_ignored_new_block_{ignored_new_block_index}"] = code
+                    name_mappings_1[
+                        f"_ignored_new_block_{ignored_new_block_index}"
+                    ] = f"_ignored_new_block_{ignored_new_block_index}"
+
+                    del observed_code_blocks[name]
+                    observed_code_blocks[f"_ignored_new_block_{ignored_new_block_index}"] = code
+                    name_mappings_2[name] = f"_ignored_new_block_{ignored_new_block_index}"
+                    ignored_new_block_index += 1
+
+        # Respect the original block order:
+        #   1. in `theoretical_code_blocks`: the new blocks will follow the existing ones
+        #   2. in `observed_code_blocks`: the original order are kept with names modified potentially. This is necessary
+        #      to compute the correct `diff_index` if `overwrite=True` and there is a diff.
+        theoretical_code_blocks = {
+            name_mappings_1[orig_name]: theoretical_code_blocks[name_mappings_1[orig_name]]
+            for orig_name in name_mappings_1
+        }
+        observed_code_blocks = {
+            name_mappings_2[orig_name]: observed_code_blocks[name_mappings_2[orig_name]]
+            for orig_name in name_mappings_2
+        }
+
+        # Ignore the blocks specified to be ignored. This is the version used to check if there is a mismatch
+        theoretical_code_blocks_clean = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in theoretical_code_blocks.items()
+            if not (k.startswith(("_ignored_existing_block_", "_ignored_new_block_")))
+        }
+        theoretical_code = "".join(list(theoretical_code_blocks_clean.values()))
+
+        # stylify `theoretical_code` before compare (this is needed only when `replace_pattern` is not empty)
+        if replace_pattern:
             theoretical_code = stylify(theoretical_code)
+        # Remove `\n\n` in `theoretical_code` before compare (so no empty line)
+        while "\n\n" in theoretical_code:
+            theoretical_code = theoretical_code.replace("\n\n", "\n")
+
+        # Compute `observed_code` where we don't include any empty line + keep track the line index between the
+        # original/processed `observed_code` so we can have the correct `diff_index`.
+        idx_to_orig_idx_mapping_for_observed_code_lines = {}
+        idx = -1
+        orig_idx = -1
+        observed_code = ""
+        for name, code in observed_code_blocks.items():
+            if code.endswith("\n"):
+                code = code[:-1]
+            for code_line in code.split("\n"):
+                orig_idx += 1
+                if code_line.strip() and not name.startswith(("_ignored_existing_block_", "_ignored_new_block_")):
+                    idx += 1
+                    observed_code += code_line + "\n"
+                    idx_to_orig_idx_mapping_for_observed_code_lines[idx] = orig_idx
 
         # Test for a diff and act accordingly.
         diff_index = check_codes_match(observed_code, theoretical_code)
         if diff_index is not None:
+            # switch to the index in the original `observed_code` (i.e. before removing empty lines)
+            diff_index = idx_to_orig_idx_mapping_for_observed_code_lines[diff_index]
             diffs.append([object_name, diff_index + start_index + 1])
             if overwrite:
-                lines = lines[:start_index] + [theoretical_code] + lines[line_index:]
+                # `theoretical_code_to_write` is a single string but may have several lines.
+                theoretical_code_to_write = stylify("".join(list(theoretical_code_blocks.values())))
+                lines = lines[:start_index] + [theoretical_code_to_write] + lines[line_index:]
+                # Here we treat it as a single entry in `lines`.
                 line_index = start_index + 1
 
     if overwrite and len(diffs) > 0:
@@ -373,7 +753,7 @@ def is_copy_consistent(filename: str, overwrite: bool = False) -> Optional[List[
     return diffs
 
 
-def check_copies(overwrite: bool = False):
+def check_copies(overwrite: bool = False, file: str = None):
     """
     Check every file is copy-consistent with the original. Also check the model list in the main README and other
     READMEs are consistent.
@@ -381,14 +761,21 @@ def check_copies(overwrite: bool = False):
     Args:
         overwrite (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
             Whether or not to overwrite the copies when they don't match.
+        file (`bool`, *optional*):
+            The path to a specific file to check and/or fix.
     """
-    all_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(TRANSFORMERS_PATH, "**/*.py"), recursive=True)
-    all_test_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(MODEL_TEST_PATH, "**/*.py"), recursive=True)
-    all_files = list(all_files) + list(all_test_files)
+    buffer = {}
+
+    if file is None:
+        all_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(TRANSFORMERS_PATH, "**/*.py"), recursive=True)
+        all_test_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(MODEL_TEST_PATH, "**/*.py"), recursive=True)
+        all_files = list(all_files) + list(all_test_files)
+    else:
+        all_files = [file]
 
     diffs = []
     for filename in all_files:
-        new_diffs = is_copy_consistent(filename, overwrite)
+        new_diffs = is_copy_consistent(filename, overwrite, buffer)
         diffs += [f"- {filename}: copy does not match {d[0]} at line {d[1]}" for d in new_diffs]
     if not overwrite and len(diffs) > 0:
         diff = "\n".join(diffs)
@@ -733,9 +1120,10 @@ def check_readme(overwrite: bool = False):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--file", type=str, default=None, help="A specific file to check and/or fix")
     parser.add_argument("--fix_and_overwrite", action="store_true", help="Whether to fix inconsistencies.")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     check_readme(args.fix_and_overwrite)
-    check_copies(args.fix_and_overwrite)
+    check_copies(args.fix_and_overwrite, args.file)
     check_full_copies(args.fix_and_overwrite)