Fix broken image ref caused by lfs pointer

.gitattributes

@@ -33,20 +33,6 @@ saved_model/**/* filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.zip filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.zst filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *tfevents* filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-jessica_jones/jessica_jones_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-jessica_jones/jessica_jones_01.jpg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-jessica_jones/jessica_jones_02.webp filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/jessica_jones/jessica_jones_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/jessica_jones/jessica_jones_01.jpg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/jessica_jones/jessica_jones_02.webp filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/hermione_granger/hermione_granger_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/ahsoka_tano/ahsoka_tano_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/barbie/barbie_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/batman_the_dark_knight/batman_the_dark_knight_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/enid_sinclair/enid_sinclair_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/frieren/frieren_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/geralt_of_rivia/geralt_of_rivia_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/harley_quinn_2019/harley_quinn_2019_00.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/hermione_granger/hermione_granger_01.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/hermione_granger/hermione_granger_02_2.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-assets/characters/hermione_granger/hermione_granger_02.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+
+# Keep character portraits as actual images in clones without Git LFS.
+assets/characters/** -filter -diff -merge -text

README.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ CharacterChatBot/
 }
 ```
 
-2. Add an avatar image at `assets/characters/{character_id}/avatar.png` (optional — a placeholder appears if missing).
+2. Add an avatar image under `assets/characters/{character_id}/`, for example `{character_id}.jpg` or `{character_id}_00.png`. PNG, JPG, JPEG, and WebP are supported. The first available image is used (PNG first, then JPG, JPEG, WebP; filenames sorted within each format). If no image is available, the portrait is hidden. Character images are stored directly in Git so they work in checkouts without Git LFS.
 
 3. Restart the Space. The character will appear in the sidebar dropdown automatically.
 
@@ -277,4 +277,4 @@ DEFAULT_CHARACTER = "hermione_granger"  # must match a file in characters/
 DEFAULT_MODEL = MODELS[4][1]              # selected initial model
 ```
 
-Supported models include anything available on the HuggingFace Serverless Inference API — for example `openai/gpt-4o-mini`, `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3`, or `mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3`.
+Supported models include anything available on the HuggingFace Serverless Inference API — for example `openai/gpt-4o-mini`, `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3`, or `mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3`.