hf-release

Push model weights to Hugging Face Hub and create a GitHub Release in one atomic command.

The Problem

Today, releasing an ML model requires four separate manual steps:

push_to_hub() — upload weights to HF Hub
git tag — version the commit
GitHub UI — create a release
Edit README — update the model card

No existing tool treats this as a single operation. hf-release does.

Installation

pip install hf-release

Quick Start

export HF_TOKEN=hf_...
export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_...

hf-release release \
  --model ./my-model \
  --version v1.2.0 \
  --hf-repo username/my-model \
  --gh-repo username/my-model-repo

This single command will:

Upload all model files to HF Hub on the main branch
Create a git tag v1.2.0 on HF Hub
Sync the local README.md to the HF model card (with version tag injected)
Create an annotated git tag on GitHub
Create a GitHub Release with auto-generated release notes (grouped by PR labels)
Append an "ML Artifacts" table to the release notes linking both platforms

All Options

--model         PATH    Local model directory                    [required]
--version       TEXT    Version tag, e.g. v1.2.0                [required]
--hf-repo       TEXT    HF Hub repo ID (owner/name)             [required unless --skip-hf]
--gh-repo       TEXT    GitHub repo ID (owner/name)             [required unless --skip-gh]

--hf-token      TEXT    HF write token         [env: HF_TOKEN]
--gh-token      TEXT    GitHub PAT             [env: GITHUB_TOKEN]

--branch        TEXT    HF Hub target branch                    [default: main]
--commit-msg    TEXT    Custom HF commit message
--ignore        TEXT    Glob pattern to exclude from upload      [repeatable]
--create-repo         Create HF repo if it does not exist

--release-name  TEXT    GitHub release display name
--previous-tag  TEXT    Starting tag for release note diff
--draft               Create GitHub release as draft
--prerelease          Mark as pre-release
--notes-file    PATH    Use a local Markdown file as release notes

--skip-card-sync      Do not sync model card README
--tags          TEXT    Extra tags to inject into card metadata  [repeatable]

--skip-hf             Skip HF Hub push entirely
--skip-gh             Skip GitHub release entirely
--skip-tag            Skip tag creation on both platforms
--dry-run             Show plan, make no API calls
--yes / -y            Skip confirmation prompt

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
`HF_TOKEN`	Hugging Face write token
`GITHUB_TOKEN`	GitHub personal access token (needs `repo` scope)

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
2	Authentication error
3	Repo not found
4	Tag conflict
5	Model card sync failure
6	Upload failure
7	GitHub release creation failure
8	Input validation error

License

MIT