repro: Add --allow-missing.

Point 2 in #9375 (comment)

dvc/commands/repro.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def _common_kwargs(self):
             "recursive": self.args.recursive,
             "force_downstream": self.args.force_downstream,
             "pull": self.args.pull,
+            "allow_missing": self.args.allow_missing,
         }
 
     @property
@@ -135,6 +136,12 @@ def add_arguments(repro_parser):
             "from the run-cache."
         ),
     )
+    repro_parser.add_argument(
+        "--allow-missing",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help=("Skip stages with missing data but no other changes."),
+    )
     repro_parser.add_argument(
         "--dry",
         action="store_true",

dvc/stage/__init__.py

@@ -319,20 +319,22 @@ def env(self, checkpoint_func=None) -> Env:
             env.update(current)
         return env
 
-    def changed_deps(self) -> bool:
+    def changed_deps(self, allow_missing: bool = False) -> bool:
         if self.frozen:
             return False
 
         if self.is_callback or self.always_changed or self.is_checkpoint:
             return True
 
-        return self._changed_deps()
+        return self._changed_deps(allow_missing=allow_missing)
 
     @rwlocked(read=["deps"])
-    def _changed_deps(self) -> bool:
+    def _changed_deps(self, allow_missing: bool = False) -> bool:
         for dep in self.deps:
             status = dep.status()
             if status:
+                if allow_missing and status[str(dep)] == "deleted":
+                    continue
                 logger.debug(
                     "Dependency '%s' of %s changed because it is '%s'.",
                     dep,
@@ -343,10 +345,12 @@ def _changed_deps(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
     @rwlocked(read=["outs"])
-    def changed_outs(self) -> bool:
+    def changed_outs(self, allow_missing: bool = False) -> bool:
         for out in self.outs:
             status = out.status()
             if status:
+                if allow_missing and status[str(out)] == "not in cache":
+                    continue
                 logger.debug(
                     "Output '%s' of %s changed because it is '%s'.",
                     out,
@@ -364,13 +368,13 @@ def changed_stage(self) -> bool:
         return changed
 
     @rwlocked(read=["deps", "outs"])
-    def changed(self) -> bool:
+    def changed(self, allow_missing: bool = False) -> bool:
         is_changed = (
             # Short-circuit order: stage md5 is fast,
             # deps are expected to change
             self.changed_stage()
-            or self.changed_deps()
-            or self.changed_outs()
+            or self.changed_deps(allow_missing=allow_missing)
+            or self.changed_outs(allow_missing=allow_missing)
         )
         if is_changed:
             logger.debug("%s changed.", self)
@@ -421,7 +425,10 @@ def transfer(
 
     @rwlocked(read=["deps"], write=["outs"])
     def reproduce(self, interactive=False, **kwargs) -> Optional["Stage"]:
-        if not (kwargs.get("force", False) or self.changed()):
+        if not (
+            kwargs.get("force", False)
+            or self.changed(kwargs.get("allow_missing", False))
+        ):
             if not isinstance(self, PipelineStage) and self.is_data_source:
                 logger.info("'%s' didn't change, skipping", self.addressing)
             else:
@@ -601,7 +608,7 @@ def run(  # noqa: C901
         ) or self.is_partial_import:
             self._sync_import(dry, force, kwargs.get("jobs", None), no_download)
         elif not self.frozen and self.cmd:
-            self._run_stage(dry, force, **kwargs)
+            self._run_stage(dry, force, allow_missing=allow_missing, **kwargs)
         elif kwargs.get("pull"):
             logger.info("Pulling data for %s", self)
             self.repo.pull(self.addressing, jobs=kwargs.get("jobs", None))

dvc/stage/run.py

@@ -133,10 +133,25 @@ def cmd_run(stage, dry=False, checkpoint_func=None, run_env=None):
         _run(stage, executable, cmd, checkpoint_func=checkpoint_func, **kwargs)
 
 
+def _pull_missing_deps(stage):
+    for dep in stage.deps:
+        if not dep.exists:
+            stage.repo.pull(dep.def_path)
+
+
 def run_stage(
-    stage, dry=False, force=False, checkpoint_func=None, run_env=None, **kwargs
+    stage,
+    dry=False,
+    force=False,
+    checkpoint_func=None,
+    run_env=None,
+    allow_missing: bool = False,
+    **kwargs,
 ):
     if not (force or checkpoint_func):
+        if allow_missing and kwargs.get("pull") and not dry:
+            _pull_missing_deps(stage)
+
         from .cache import RunCacheNotFoundError
 
         try:

tests/func/test_repro_multistage.py

@@ -427,7 +427,22 @@ def test_repro_pulls_mising_import(tmp_dir, dvc, mocker, erepo_dir, local_remote
     assert dvc.reproduce(pull=True)
 
 
-def test_repro_pulls_intermediate_out(tmp_dir, dvc, mocker, local_remote):
+def test_repro_allow_missing(tmp_dir, dvc):
+    tmp_dir.gen("fixed", "fixed")
+    dvc.stage.add(name="create-foo", cmd="echo foo > foo", deps=["fixed"], outs=["foo"])
+    dvc.stage.add(name="copy-foo", cmd="cp foo bar", deps=["foo"], outs=["bar"])
+    (create_foo, copy_foo) = dvc.reproduce()
+
+    remove("foo")
+    remove(create_foo.outs[0].cache_path)
+    remove(dvc.stage_cache.cache_dir)
+
+    ret = dvc.reproduce(allow_missing=True)
+    # both stages are skipped
+    assert not ret
+
+
+def test_repro_allow_missing_and_pull(tmp_dir, dvc, mocker, local_remote):
     tmp_dir.gen("fixed", "fixed")
     dvc.stage.add(name="create-foo", cmd="echo foo > foo", deps=["fixed"], outs=["foo"])
     dvc.stage.add(name="copy-foo", cmd="cp foo bar", deps=["foo"], outs=["bar"])
@@ -437,5 +452,8 @@ def test_repro_pulls_intermediate_out(tmp_dir, dvc, mocker, local_remote):
 
     remove("foo")
     remove(create_foo.outs[0].cache_path)
+    remove(dvc.stage_cache.cache_dir)
 
-    assert dvc.reproduce(pull=True)
+    ret = dvc.reproduce(pull=True, allow_missing=True)
+    # create-foo is skipped ; copy-foo pulls missing dep
+    assert len(ret) == 1

tests/unit/command/test_repro.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "recursive": False,
     "force_downstream": False,
     "pull": False,
+    "allow_missing": False,
     "targets": [],
 }
 repro_arguments = {