how-to-upload-to-huggingface-from-linux

Uploading Large Files to Hugging Face Hub

Prerequisites

• Git installed
• Git LFS installed
• Python with huggingface_hub library
• Hugging Face account

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Install Required Tools

# Install Hugging Face CLI
python -m pip install huggingface_hub

# Login to Hugging Face
huggingface-cli login

2. Create Repository

1. Go to https://huggingface.co/new
2. Create a new model repository
3. Copy the repository URL

3. Clone Repository Locally

git clone https://huggingface.co/<your-username>/<your-model-name>
cd <your-model-name>

4. Prepare for Large File Uploads

# Initialize Git LFS
git lfs install

# Enable large file support
huggingface-cli lfs-enable-largefiles .

# Track safetensor files and tokenizer.json (because they're large)
git lfs track "*.safetensors" "tokenizer.json"

5. Add and Push Files

Copy all your model files to repository directory

Then you can run:

git add .
git commit -m "Add model files"
git push

Troubleshooting

• Ensure files are < 5GB per file
• Check internet connection
• Verify Git LFS is correctly installed
• Use git lfs status to check file tracking

Best Practices

• Use descriptive commit messages
• Keep repository organized
• Include a README.md with model details