jonstreeter-ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization/REPOSITORY_RENAMED.md

✅ Repository Renamed Successfully!

Old Name: ComfyUI-Deep-Exemplar-based-Video-Colorization New Name: ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization

New GitHub URL: https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization

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🎯 Why the Rename?

The old name "Deep-Exemplar-based" was misleading because the repository now contains:

1. Deep Exemplar (2019) - Original CVPR method
2. ColorMNet (2024) - Modern ECCV method
3. Multiple encoders - VGG19, DINOv2, CLIP
4. Advanced post-processing - color-matcher, WLS, guided, bilateral

The new name "Reference-Based Video Colorization" accurately reflects that this is a general-purpose reference-based colorization toolkit with multiple methods.

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📝 What Was Updated

All Documentation Files (29 occurrences across 10 files)

✅ README.md - Title and URLs updated ✅ CHANGELOG.md - Commit history link updated ✅ README_NEW.md - Title and URLs updated ✅ RELEASE_NOTES_v2.0.0.md - All references updated (8 occurrences) ✅ GITHUB_READY.md - All paths and URLs updated (5 occurrences) ✅ MIGRATION_GUIDE.md - Directory paths updated (3 occurrences) ✅ MODERN_COMPONENTS_GUIDE.md - Installation path updated ✅ ARCHITECTURE.md - Directory structure updated ✅ QUICKSTART.md - Installation path updated ✅ AUTO_INSTALLER_README.md - Installation path updated

Updated Elements

• ✅ Repository name in titles
• ✅ GitHub URLs (git clone, issues, discussions)
• ✅ Directory paths in code examples
• ✅ ComfyUI Manager entry (author, title, reference)
• ✅ Installation commands
• ✅ File path references

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🚀 Next Step: Create GitHub Repository

Option 1: Create New Repository on GitHub

1. Go to: https://github.com/new
2. Repository name: ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization
3. Description: Dual implementation of reference-based video colorization: ColorMNet (2024) + Deep Exemplar (2019) for ComfyUI
4. Public repository
5. DO NOT initialize with README (we already have one)
6. Click "Create repository"

Option 2: Rename Existing Repository (If Already Pushed)

If you already pushed the old repository:

1. Go to your repository settings
2. Scroll to "Rename repository"
3. Change to: ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization
4. GitHub will automatically redirect old URLs

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📦 Push to GitHub

After creating the repository, run these commands:

# Navigate to repository
cd "G:\AIART\AI_Image_Generators\Comfy_UI_V42\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\ComfyUI-Deep-Exemplar-based-Video-Colorization"

# If this is a new repository (never pushed before):
git remote add origin https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization.git
git branch -M main

# If you're updating an existing remote:
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization.git

# Add all files
git add .

# Create commit
git commit -m "Repository rename: Reference-Based Video Colorization

Renamed from ComfyUI-Deep-Exemplar-based-Video-Colorization to ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization

Reason: Repository now contains multiple reference-based colorization methods:
- ColorMNet (2024) - Modern DINOv2-based approach
- Deep Exemplar (2019) - Classic CVPR method
- Multiple encoders (VGG19, DINOv2, CLIP)
- Advanced post-processing pipeline

The new name better reflects the general-purpose nature of the toolkit.

All documentation and URLs updated to:
https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization"

# Push to GitHub
git push -u origin main

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✅ Verification Checklist

After pushing:

• Visit: https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization
• Verify README displays correctly
• Check that git clone URL works
• Test installation instructions
• Verify all documentation links work
• Check workflow images display
• Confirm ComfyUI Manager entry (if listed)

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📊 Updated Repository Details

For ComfyUI Manager Submission

{
    "author": "Jon Streeter",
    "title": "ComfyUI Reference-Based Video Colorization",
    "reference": "https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization",
    "files": [
        "https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization"
    ],
    "install_type": "git-clone",
    "description": "Dual implementation of reference-based video colorization: ColorMNet (2024) with DINOv2 features + Deep Exemplar (2019) CVPR method. Features 4 nodes (2 video, 2 image), auto-download models, progress bars, and performance reports. Transform B&W videos using color reference images!",
    "nodename_pattern": "(ColorMNet|DeepExemplar)",
    "pip": ["einops", "progressbar2", "gdown", "opencv-contrib-python"]
}

Repository Metadata

• Name: ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization
• Description: Dual implementation of reference-based video colorization: ColorMNet (2024) + Deep Exemplar (2019) for ComfyUI
• Topics: comfyui, video-colorization, reference-based, colormnet, deep-exemplar, dinov2, clip, pytorch
• License: MIT (with model-specific licenses in README)

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🎉 Summary

✅ All 29 occurrences updated across 10 documentation files ✅ Repository name modernized to reflect general-purpose toolkit ✅ GitHub URLs consistent - all point to new repository name ✅ Ready to push - all files updated and ready for GitHub

New Repository URL: https://github.com/jonstreeter/ComfyUI-Reference-Based-Video-Colorization

The repository is now properly named to reflect its true purpose: a comprehensive reference-based video colorization toolkit with multiple state-of-the-art methods! 🚀