Added --skip-source-validation flag to feast apply (#1702)

* Added --validate-off flag to feast apply

Signed-off-by: David Y Liu <davidyliuliu@gmail.com>

* changed flag name to be more descriptive

Signed-off-by: David Y Liu <davidyliuliu@gmail.com>

sdk/python/feast/cli.py

@@ -180,16 +180,21 @@ def feature_view_list(ctx: click.Context):
 
 
 @cli.command("apply", cls=NoOptionDefaultFormat)
+@click.option(
+    "--skip-source-validation",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Don't validate the data sources by checking for that the tables exist.",
+)
 @click.pass_context
-def apply_total_command(ctx: click.Context):
+def apply_total_command(ctx: click.Context, skip_source_validation: bool):
     """
     Create or update a feature store deployment
     """
     repo = ctx.obj["CHDIR"]
     cli_check_repo(repo)
     repo_config = load_repo_config(repo)
     try:
-        apply_total(repo_config, repo)
+        apply_total(repo_config, repo, skip_source_validation)
     except FeastProviderLoginError as e:
         print(str(e))
 

sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def parse_repo(repo_root: Path) -> ParsedRepo:
 
 
 @log_exceptions_and_usage
-def apply_total(repo_config: RepoConfig, repo_path: Path):
+def apply_total(repo_config: RepoConfig, repo_path: Path, skip_source_validation: bool):
     from colorama import Fore, Style
 
     os.chdir(repo_path)
@@ -133,9 +133,10 @@ def apply_total(repo_config: RepoConfig, repo_path: Path):
     repo = parse_repo(repo_path)
     data_sources = [t.input for t in repo.feature_views]
 
-    # Make sure the data source used by this feature view is supported by Feast
-    for data_source in data_sources:
-        data_source.validate(repo_config)
+    if not skip_source_validation:
+        # Make sure the data source used by this feature view is supported by Feast
+        for data_source in data_sources:
+            data_source.validate(repo_config)
 
     # Make inferences
     update_entities_with_inferred_types_from_feature_views(