chore: Link to Authentication (#2905)

* chore: quick pr

* fix test

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Co-authored-by: FL33TW00D <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Célina <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Lucain <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

docs/source/en/_redirects.yml

@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ package_reference/login: package_reference/authentication
 # Alias for hf-transfer description
 hf_transfer: package_reference/environment_variables#hfhubenablehftransfer
 
+# Alias for auth
+authentication: quick-start#authentication
+
 # Rename webhooks_server to webhooks
 guides/webhooks_server: guides/webhooks

src/huggingface_hub/utils/_http.py

@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ def hf_raise_for_status(response: Response, endpoint_name: Optional[str] = None)
                 + f"Repository Not Found for url: {response.url}."
                 + "\nPlease make sure you specified the correct `repo_id` and"
                 " `repo_type`.\nIf you are trying to access a private or gated repo,"
-                " make sure you are authenticated."
+                " make sure you are authenticated. For more details, see"
+                " https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/authentication"
             )
             raise _format(RepositoryNotFoundError, message, response) from e
 

tests/test_hf_api.py

@@ -758,8 +758,9 @@ def test_create_commit_repo_does_not_exist(self) -> None:
             f" {self._api.endpoint}/api/models/{USER}/repo_that_do_not_exist/preupload/main.\nPlease"
             " make sure you specified the correct `repo_id` and"
             " `repo_type`.\nIf you are trying to access a private or gated"
-            " repo, make sure you are authenticated.\nNote: Creating a commit"
-            " assumes that the repo already exists on the Huggingface Hub."
+            " repo, make sure you are authenticated."
+            " For more details, see https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/authentication"
+            "\nNote: Creating a commit assumes that the repo already exists on the Huggingface Hub."
             " Please use `create_repo` if it's not the case."
         )