Failing to upload with error "--untracked-files stderr: fatal: bad object HEAD"

Online experiments
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URL of experiment:


Description of the problem:
When I try to run the study online from the builder I get this error messege:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\app\builder\builder.py", line 1242, in onPavloviaRun closeFrameWhenDone=False) File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\app\pavlovia_ui\project.py", line 508, in syncProject infoStream=syncFrame) File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\app\pavlovia_ui\functions.py", line 96, in showCommitDialog changeDict, changeList = project.getChanges() File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\psychopy\projects\pavlovia.py", line 897, in getChanges changeDict['untracked'] = self.repo.untracked_files File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\git\repo\base.py", line 662, in untracked_files return self._get_untracked_files() File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\git\repo\base.py", line 688, in _get_untracked_files finalize_process(proc) File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\git\util.py", line 333, in finalize_process proc.wait(**kwargs) File "C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\lib\site-packages\git\cmd.py", line 415, in wait raise GitCommandError(self.args, status, errstr) git.exc.GitCommandError: Cmd('C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\MinGit\cmd\git.exe') failed due to: exit code(128) cmdline: C:\Users\aexge3\AppData\Local\PsychoPy3\MinGit\cmd\git.exe status --porcelain --untracked-files stderr: 'fatal: bad object HEAD '
when I checked my account at pavlovia I can see the link for the experiment is initiated but no files are there (empty)

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Hi there, are you able to run the experiment from pavlovia itself? i.e. from clicking ‘run’ or ‘pilot’ in the experiment page from dashboard?

Becca

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I wasn’t able to run it from pavlovia but I had figured out the problem was related to old files (git, data, html). I removed them from the folder and was able to run it online.

Thank you

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Happy to help and pleased you found a solution :slight_smile:
Becca