# Error when syncing Psychopy to Pavlovia

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927>\
**Category:** Online experiments\
**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927 "2021-03-02T19:16:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![frankie\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@frankie\_patterson](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/frankie_patterson)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/1 "2021-03-02T19:16:48Z")

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Description of the problem:  
I am trying to sync my experiment from builder in Psychopy to Pavlovia, but receive the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/app/pavlovia\_ui/menu.py”, line 110, in onSync  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/app/pavlovia\_ui/project.py”, line 508, in syncProject  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/app/pavlovia\_ui/functions.py”, line 96, in showCommitDialog  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/projects/pavlovia.py”, line 897, in getChanges  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/git/repo/base.py”, line 656, in untracked\_files  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/git/repo/base.py”, line 682, in \_get\_untracked\_files  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/git/util.py”, line 333, in finalize\_process  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/git/cmd.py”, line 415, in wait  
git.exc.GitCommandError: Cmd(‘/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/git-core/git’) failed due to: exit code(128)  
cmdline: /Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/git-core/git status —porcelain —untracked-files  
stderr: ‘fatal: bad object HEAD  
‘  
Apologies, this is my first time using Psychopy with Pavlovia and I am very new to this!

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**Author:** ![thomas\_pronk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/thomas_pronk/32/9531_2.png) [@thomas\_pronk](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/thomas_pronk)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/2 "2021-03-05T17:29:29Z")

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Maybe this could work: remove a folder named “.git” inside your experiment and sync again. PsychoPy will ask you to create new project.

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**Author:** ![frankie\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@frankie\_patterson](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/frankie_patterson)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/3 "2021-03-10T12:40:06Z")

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Thank you for your response. However, I can’t seem to find a folder named ‘.git’ inside the experiment folder?

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**Author:** ![rvgart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rvgart](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/rvgart)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/4 "2021-03-10T12:41:30Z")

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> [@Pavlovia is dead: No online experiments are running or possible](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-is-dead-no-online-experiments-are-running-or-possible/21151):
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**Author:** ![wakecarter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/wakecarter/32/5753_2.png) [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/5 "2021-03-10T12:43:09Z")

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You need to view hidden files. Alternatively you could copy the psyexp file and your images, spreadsheets, etc. to a new folder, test locally and try to sync again when the Pavlovia server is back up.

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**Author:** ![frankie\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@frankie\_patterson](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/frankie_patterson)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/6 "2021-03-16T11:10:33Z")

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Thank you for your response. I have moved the files into a new folder and run on Psychopy. I now get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/app/pavlovia\_ui/menu.py”, line 110, in onSync  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/app/builder/builder.py”, line 1318, in project  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/projects/pavlovia.py”, line 1065, in getProject  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/git/repo/base.py”, line 124, in **init**  
git.exc.NoSuchPathError: /Users/frankiepatterson/Desktop/version 1.2 error

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**Author:** ![wakecarter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/wakecarter/32/5753_2.png) [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/7 "2021-03-16T11:42:58Z")

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I think it’s best to avoid the Desktop as well as cloud storage folders.

Best wishes

Wakefield

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**Author:** ![frankie\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@frankie\_patterson](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/frankie_patterson)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/8 "2021-03-16T12:04:07Z")

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I have moved the folder to downloads and received the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/app/pavlovia\_ui/menu.py”, line 110, in onSync  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/app/builder/builder.py”, line 1318, in project  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/psychopy/projects/pavlovia.py”, line 1065, in getProject  
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.6/git/repo/base.py”, line 124, in **init**  
git.exc.NoSuchPathError: /Users/frankiepatterson/Downloads/version 1.2 error

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**Author:** ![wakecarter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/wakecarter/32/5753_2.png) [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/9 "2021-03-16T16:50:23Z")

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Did you create your account after 4th Jan?

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**Author:** ![frankie\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@frankie\_patterson](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/frankie_patterson)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-when-syncing-psychopy-to-pavlovia/20927/10 "2021-03-16T17:55:40Z")

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No, it was created before then