added overwrite parameter reporting

deeplake/api/dataset.py

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ def init(
             "lock_timeout": lock_timeout,
             "lock_enabled": lock_enabled,
             "index_params": index_params,
+            "overwrite": overwrite,
         }
 
         if access_method == "stream":
@@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ def empty(
             "lock_timeout": lock_timeout,
             "lock_enabled": lock_enabled,
             "index_params": index_params,
+            "overwrite": overwrite,
         }
         ret = dataset._load(dataset_kwargs, create=True)
         return ret

deeplake/core/dataset/dataset.py

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ def __init__(
         view_base: Optional["Dataset"] = None,
         libdeeplake_dataset=None,
         index_params: Optional[Dict[str, Union[int, str]]] = None,
+        overwrite: bool = False,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """Initializes a new or existing dataset.
@@ -205,7 +206,8 @@ def __init__(
             view_base (Optional["Dataset"]): Base dataset of this view.
             libdeeplake_dataset : The libdeeplake dataset object corresponding to this dataset.
             index_params: (Dict[str, Union[int, str]] Optional) VDB index parameter. Defaults to ``None.``
-
+            overwrite (bool): If ``True``, overwrites the dataset if it already exists. Defaults to ``False``.
+
         Raises:
             ValueError: If an existing local path is given, it must be a directory.
             ImproperDatasetInitialization: Exactly one argument out of 'path' and 'storage' needs to be specified.
@@ -256,11 +258,12 @@ def __init__(
         d["_temp_tensors"] = []
         d["_vc_info_updated"] = True
         d["_query_string"] = None
+        d["overwrite"] = overwrite
         dct = self.__dict__
         dct.update(d)
 
         try:
-            self._set_derived_attributes(address=address)
+            self._set_derived_attributes(address=address, overwrite=overwrite)
         except LockedException:
             raise LockedException(
                 "This dataset cannot be open for writing as it is locked by another machine. Try loading the dataset with `read_only=True`."
@@ -2405,10 +2408,10 @@ def _get_total_meta(self):
         }
 
     def _set_derived_attributes(
-        self, verbose: bool = True, address: Optional[str] = None
+        self, verbose: bool = True, address: Optional[str] = None, overwrite: bool = False,
     ):
         """Sets derived attributes during init and unpickling."""
-        if self.is_first_load:
+        if self.is_first_load or overwrite:
             self.storage.autoflush = True
             self._load_version_info(address)
             self._load_link_creds()

deeplake/core/dataset/deeplake_cloud_dataset.py

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def _send_event(
             "commit_id": self.commit_id,
             "pending_commit_id": self.pending_commit_id,
             "has_head_changes": has_head_changes,
+            "overwrite": self.overwrite,
         }
         deeplake_meta.update(common_meta)
         event_dict = {