# DependencyError: gitpython and a git installation required for getProject()

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/dependencyerror-gitpython-and-a-git-installation-required-for-getproject/41220>\
**Category:** Builder\
**Tags:** online, pavlovia, git\
**Created:** [August 29, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/dependencyerror-gitpython-and-a-git-installation-required-for-getproject/41220 "2024-08-29T19:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![haorui\_sun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/haorui_sun/32/42500_2.png) [@haorui\_sun](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/haorui_sun)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/dependencyerror-gitpython-and-a-git-installation-required-for-getproject/41220/1 "2024-08-29T19:30:42Z")

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If this template helps then use it. If not then just delete and start from scratch.

**OS** (e.g. Win10): macOS Sonoma Version 14.6.1  
**PsychoPy version** (e.g. 1.84.x): v2024.2.1  
**Standard Standalone? (y/n)** If not then what?: yes  
**What are you trying to achieve?:**  
I want to include a survey in our online task.

**What did you try to make it work?:**  
I used Pavlovia survey. However, the survey got stuck when it’s done. I got suggestions on that to use newest version of PsychoPy, so I updated mine of v2023.2x to the newest one by directly downloading the standalone version.

**What specifically went wrong when you tried that?:**  
When I opened my task that was developed on v2023.2x from the newest PsychoPy, I got following error:  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/app/builder/builder.py”, line 811, in fileSave  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/app/builder/builder.py”, line 870, in fileSaveAs  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/projects/pavlovia.py”, line 1460, in getProject  
psychopy.exceptions.DependencyError: gitpython and a git installation required for getProject()

I looked into folder /Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10, and didn’t find gitpython there. I tried to pip install gitpython directly to that path, but got a permission error: PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted

This issue is actually preventing me from saving any new script that’s directly developed from the builder. Really need help on this. Thank you very much.