Remove unnecessary E2E test, and add skip_validations flag to cli

.github/workflows/python-smoke-tests.yml

@@ -102,14 +102,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: smoke-test-artifacts-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.poetry-version }}-${{ runner.os }}
           path: tests/fixtures/*/output
-
-      - name: E2E Test
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.python == 'true'
-        run: |
-          ./scripts/e2e-test.sh
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: always()
-        with:
-          name: e2e-test-artifacts-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.poetry-version }}-${{ runner.os }}
-          path: examples/*/output

graphrag/index/__main__.py

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
         help="Overlay default configuration values on a provided configuration file (--config).",
         action="store_true",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--skip-validations",
+        help="Skip any preflight validation. Useful when running no LLM steps.",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.overlay_defaults and not args.config:
@@ -85,4 +90,5 @@
         dryrun=args.dryrun or False,
         init=args.init or False,
         overlay_defaults=args.overlay_defaults or False,
+        skip_validations=args.skip_validations or False,
     )

graphrag/index/cli.py

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ def index_cli(
     emit: str | None,
     dryrun: bool,
     overlay_defaults: bool,
+    skip_validations: bool,
 ):
     """Run the pipeline with the given config."""
     progress_reporter = load_progress_reporter(reporter or "rich")
@@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ def index_cli(
             True,
         )
 
-    validate_config_names(progress_reporter, default_config)
+    if skip_validations:
+        validate_config_names(progress_reporter, default_config)
 
     info(f"Starting pipeline run for: {run_id}, {dryrun=}", verbose)
     info(