Let server decide default repo visibility (#7302)

Author: Wauplin

src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py

@@ -5300,7 +5300,7 @@ def push_to_hub(
         data_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         commit_message: Optional[str] = None,
         commit_description: Optional[str] = None,
-        private: Optional[bool] = False,
+        private: Optional[bool] = None,
         token: Optional[str] = None,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         create_pr: Optional[bool] = False,
@@ -5339,9 +5339,9 @@ def push_to_hub(
                 Additionally, description of the PR if a PR is created (`create_pr` is True).
 
                 <Added version="2.16.0"/>
-            private (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
-                Whether the dataset repository should be set to private or not. Only affects repository creation:
-                a repository that already exists will not be affected by that parameter.
+            private (`bool`, *optional*):
+                Whether to make the repo private. If `None` (default), the repo will be public unless the
+                organization's default is private. This value is ignored if the repo already exists.
             token (`str`, *optional*):
                 An optional authentication token for the Hugging Face Hub. If no token is passed, will default
                 to the token saved locally when logging in with `huggingface-cli login`. Will raise an error

src/datasets/dataset_dict.py

@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ def push_to_hub(
         data_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         commit_message: Optional[str] = None,
         commit_description: Optional[str] = None,
-        private: Optional[bool] = False,
+        private: Optional[bool] = None,
         token: Optional[str] = None,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         create_pr: Optional[bool] = False,
@@ -1571,8 +1571,8 @@ def push_to_hub(
 
                 <Added version="2.16.0"/>
             private (`bool`, *optional*):
-                Whether the dataset repository should be set to private or not. Only affects repository creation:
-                a repository that already exists will not be affected by that parameter.
+                Whether to make the repo private. If `None` (default), the repo will be public unless the
+                organization's default is private. This value is ignored if the repo already exists.
             token (`str`, *optional*):
                 An optional authentication token for the Hugging Face Hub. If no token is passed, will default
                 to the token saved locally when logging in with `huggingface-cli login`. Will raise an error