deploy-to-hf.yml

name: Deploy Backend to Hugging Face

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths:
      - 'backend/**'
  workflow_dispatch: # Allows you to manually trigger it from the Actions tab

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Needed for subtree split
          lfs: true      # Fetch LFS files like YOLO model weights

      - name: Push to Hugging Face
        env:
          HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          # Set up git
          git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
          
          # Add Hugging Face as a remote
          git remote add hf https://chinmaygawad:$HF_TOKEN@huggingface.co/spaces/chinmaygawad/nutrivision-backend
          
          # Create a new branch containing ONLY the contents of the "backend" directory
          git subtree split --prefix backend -b hf-deploy
          
          # Push that branch to the "main" branch of your Hugging Face Space
          git push --force hf hf-deploy:main