diff --git a/tools/publish_model.py b/tools/publish_model.py
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+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import torch
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Process a checkpoint to be published')
+    parser.add_argument('in_file', help='input checkpoint filename')
+    parser.add_argument('out_file', help='output checkpoint filename')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def process_checkpoint(in_file, out_file):
+    checkpoint = torch.load(in_file, map_location='cpu')
+    # remove optimizer for smaller file size
+    if 'optimizer' in checkpoint:
+        del checkpoint['optimizer']
+    # if it is necessary to remove some sensitive data in checkpoint['meta'],
+    # add the code here.
+    torch.save(checkpoint, out_file)
+    sha = subprocess.check_output(['sha256sum', out_file]).decode()
+    final_file = out_file.rstrip('.pth') + '-{}.pth'.format(sha[:8])
+    subprocess.Popen(['mv', out_file, final_file])
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    process_checkpoint(args.in_file, args.out_file)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()