feat: replace deploy_space.py with huggingface-cli upload

[JacobPEvans-personal]

Summary

• Drops scripts/deploy_space.py (67 LOC of custom HF API code)
• Replaces python scripts/deploy_space.py step in deploy-space.yml with huggingface-cli upload
• Bumps huggingface_hub pin from >=0.23 to >=0.30 (needed for [cli] extra)
• Removes the job-level COMMIT_SHA env var (was only consumed by the deleted script)

The huggingface-cli upload subcommand handles atomic space uploads natively.
GIT_SHA is passed via an env: key so no GitHub context expression leaks into the shell.

Test plan

• CI passes on this PR (workflow linting, no Python changes)
• Merge PR fix: pass App ID from vars not secrets in release-please #20 first to unblock release-please, then merge this
• deploy-space workflow triggers on next space/** push and succeeds

Note: the current 403 failures are a token-permissions issue (the HF_TOKEN in
the huggingface-space environment needs Space write scope). The script swap does
not change the token requirements — both the old and new paths use the same API.
Regenerate the HF_TOKEN with write access to JacobPEvans/mlx-benchmarks-viewer
if the 403 persists after this merges.

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Code Review

This pull request adds a new knowledge and instruction-following suite configuration, updates the project layout, and modifies dependency versions. The reviewer identified that the deletion of the schema validation script might be accidental, potentially leading to a loss of CI coverage. Additionally, a likely typo in the pyarrow version requirement in the pre-commit configuration was flagged for correction.

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scripts/validate_schema.py (1-72)

The removal of scripts/validate_schema.py is not mentioned in the PR summary and seems potentially accidental. This script is responsible for validating the project's JSON schema and TOML configurations. Removing it without a replacement in the CI workflow will result in a loss of validation coverage. If this was intentional, please clarify the new validation method; otherwise, this file should be restored.

.pre-commit-config.yaml (38)

The version pyarrow>=23 appears to be a typo. Please verify the correct version, as suggestions regarding 'latest' or 'valid' versions may be based on stale data. If this is incorrect, please update it to a valid version (e.g., 19) or check if huggingface_hub was intended instead, as mentioned in the PR description.

          - pyarrow>=19

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the repository’s Hugging Face Space deployment flow to use huggingface-cli upload instead of a custom Python script, and adjusts related CI/configuration to match the new approach.

Changes:

• Replace the deploy-space workflow’s python scripts/deploy_space.py step with huggingface-cli upload and remove the now-unneeded deploy script.
• Remove scripts/validate_schema.py and inline schema/TOML validation directly into ci-gate.yml.
• Add a new lm-eval suite config (configs/lm-eval/knowledge.toml) and update layout docs; tweak a mypy ignore for pyarrow stubs.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
src/mlx_benchmarks/publish.py	Adjusts mypy ignore to be resilient to future stub improvements.
scripts/validate_schema.py	Removes standalone schema/TOML validation script.
scripts/deploy_space.py	Removes custom HF Space deploy script (replaced by CLI).
configs/lm-eval/knowledge.toml	Adds a new lm-eval “knowledge” suite config (MMLU + IFEval).
configs/LAYOUT.md	Documents the new config and updates “planned” list.
.pre-commit-config.yaml	Updates mypy hook dependencies (but currently introduces an invalid pyarrow pin).
.github/workflows/deploy-space.yml	Switches deployment to huggingface-cli upload with excludes and commit message.
.github/workflows/ci-gate.yml	Replaces validator script call with inline Python one-liners for schema/TOML validation.

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