create_client (chromadb/factory.py)

Factory functions for creating ChromaDB clients.

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"""Factory functions for creating ChromaDB clients."""

import os

from chromadb import PersistentClient
from crewai_core.lock_store import lock

from crewai.rag.chromadb.client import ChromaDBClient
from crewai.rag.chromadb.config import ChromaDBConfig


def create_client(config: ChromaDBConfig) -> ChromaDBClient:
    """Create a ChromaDBClient from configuration.

    Args:
        config: ChromaDB configuration object.

    Returns:
        Configured ChromaDBClient instance.

    Notes:
        Need to update to use chromadb.Client to support more client types in the near future.
    """

    persist_dir = config.settings.persist_dire

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