GITHUB_PUSH_INSTRUCTIONS.md

📤 GitHub Push Instructions

✅ What's Ready

Your project is now ready to push to GitHub with:

• ✅ Complete documentation (README_GITHUB.md)
• ✅ Setup guide (SETUP.md)
• ✅ Multiple backend options (Replicate, Local, HF Spaces)
• ✅ Enhanced UI with camera controls
• ✅ Proper .gitignore (excludes .env, logs, videos)
• ✅ Example environment file (.env.example)
• ✅ All dependencies listed (requirements.txt, requirements_local.txt)

🚀 Push to GitHub

If you already have a GitHub repository:

cd /Users/sravyalu/VideoAI/hailuo-clone

# Push to your existing repository
git push origin main

If you need to create a new GitHub repository:

1. Create Repository on GitHub

   • Go to https://github.com/new
   • Repository name: ai-video-generator (or your choice)
   • Description: "AI Video Generator with multiple backend options - Hailuo Clone"
   • Make it Public or Private
   • Don't initialize with README (you already have one)
   • Click "Create repository"

2. Connect and Push

   cd /Users/sravyalu/VideoAI/hailuo-clone
   
   # If you need to set the remote (only if not already set)
   git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_REPO_NAME.git
   
   # Or if remote exists, update it
   git remote set-url origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_REPO_NAME.git
   
   # Push to GitHub
   git push -u origin main
   

📝 Before Pushing - Final Checklist

• Remove any API tokens from .env (already in .gitignore)
• Verify .env.example doesn't contain real tokens
• Check that generated videos aren't included (in .gitignore)
• Update README_GITHUB.md with your actual repo URL
• Add your contact email in README_GITHUB.md

🔒 Security Check

Run this to make sure no secrets are committed:

# Check what will be pushed
git log --oneline -5

# Verify .env is not tracked
git ls-files | grep .env

# Should only show .env.example, NOT .env

📋 Recommended GitHub Repository Settings

After pushing:

1. Add Topics (in GitHub repo settings):

   • ai
   • video-generation
   • text-to-video
   • hailuo
   • cogvideox
   • python
   • flask

2. Add Description: "AI Video Generator with multiple backend options - Generate videos from text using CogVideoX, Hailuo, and more"

3. Enable Issues (for bug reports and feature requests)

4. Add License (MIT recommended)

5. Create Release (optional):

   • Tag: v1.0.0
   • Title: "Initial Release"
   • Description: "First stable release with Replicate API, Local, and HF Spaces support"

🎯 After Pushing

1. Update README

   • Replace <your-repo-url> with actual GitHub URL
   • Replace your-email@example.com with your email

2. Test Clone

   # Test that others can clone and use it
   cd /tmp
   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_REPO_NAME.git
   cd YOUR_REPO_NAME
   # Follow SETUP.md instructions
   

3. Share

   • Share on Reddit: r/MachineLearning, r/StableDiffusion
   • Share on Twitter/X with #AIVideo #TextToVideo
   • Share on LinkedIn

📊 Repository Structure (What's Being Pushed)

hailuo-clone/
├── 📄 README_GITHUB.md          # Main documentation
├── 📄 SETUP.md                  # Installation guide
├── 📄 SOLUTION_GUIDE.md         # Troubleshooting
├── 📄 requirements.txt          # Python dependencies
├── 📄 requirements_local.txt    # Local generation deps
├── 📄 .env.example              # Environment template
├── 📄 .gitignore                # Git ignore rules
│
├── 🐍 Backend Files
│   ├── backend_replicate.py     # Replicate API (recommended)
│   ├── backend_local.py         # Local generation
│   ├── backend_enhanced.py      # HF Spaces
│   ├── backend_simple.py        # Demo mode
│   └── models_config.py         # Model configurations
│
├── 🌐 Frontend Files
│   ├── index.html               # Simple UI
│   ├── index_enhanced.html      # Advanced UI
│   └── index_local.html         # Local UI
│
└── 📚 Documentation
    ├── README_LOCAL.md
    ├── REPLICATE_SETUP.md
    └── QUICKSTART_LOCAL.md

✨ What's NOT Being Pushed (Protected by .gitignore)

• ❌ .env (your API tokens)
• ❌ *.log (log files)
• ❌ generated_videos/ (output videos)
• ❌ pycache/ (Python cache)
• ❌ .venv/ (virtual environment)

🎉 Ready to Push!

Your project is production-ready. Just run:

git push origin main

Then share your amazing AI video generator with the world! 🚀