Doesn't populate Inline Entity Form

I am using this module along with commerce_bpc (bulk product creation).
In the settings of bpc I have it set to 'Provide a "Save and create display" link on the Bulk creation form that takes the user to a pre-populated node creation form.'
The problem is/was when the user is directed to the form to create the product display for the products that were just created in bulk, the products are not listed in the inline entity form.

I realise that this module may provide bulk creation options in the future, but wanted mine to work now and thought I should share my solution/s.

first way is easy but you have to edit the module code.
This goes in the inline_entity_form_field_widget_form function after the $entity_ids are set

if(!count($entity_ids) && isset($_GET['bulk_creation_id']) && isset($_SESSION['bulk_product_ids'][$_GET['bulk_creation_id']])){
        $entity_ids = $_SESSION['bulk_product_ids'][$_GET['bulk_creation_id']];
      }

Or probably the better way is to add a module with the code below:

function MYMODULE_field_widget_inline_entity_form_form_alter(&$element, &$form_state, $context) {
  if(!count($context['items']) && isset($_GET['bulk_creation_id']) && isset($_SESSION['bulk_product_ids'][$_GET['bulk_creation_id']])){
    // reset the element by removing array keys except those in below array
    $dont_remove_these = array('#entity', '#entity_type', '#bundle', '#field_name', '#language', '#field_parents', '#columns', '#title', '#description', '#required', '#delta');
    foreach($element as $key => $value){
      if(!in_array($key, $dont_remove_these)){
        unset($element[$key]);
      }
    }
    $entity_ids = array();
    unset($form_state['inline_entity_form']);
    unset($form_state['field']['#parents']);
    $settings = inline_entity_form_settings($context['field'], $context['instance']);
    
    $items = array();
    foreach($_SESSION['bulk_product_ids'][$_GET['bulk_creation_id']] as $id){
      $items[] = array($settings['column'] => $id);
    }
    $element = inline_entity_form_field_widget_form($context['form'], $form_state, $context['field'], $context['instance'], $context['langcode'], $items, $context['delta'], $element);
  }
}

maybe neither of these is the best way to go about it, but it worked for me