# Error with Github

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798 "2025-03-20T04:35:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Beblebroks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798/1 "2025-03-20T04:35:34Z")

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Hi @dan

my team and me are sharing files over github. That works fine with devpacks. But today we tried to do the same with a `elements` file and when we try to open it on one others computer we get following error:

 ![CleanShot 2025-03-20 at 12.34.08@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/1/5/151a4db66f8ec55efd50d26b352110138d8d4151.png)

As I remembered using element files with github should work.

When we share the file over a zip file all works fine.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798/2 "2025-03-20T10:22:23Z")

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Hmmm, I wonder what’s going on there?! Element files are essentially just a bunch of text files, so it _should_ work.

Can you share the project with us so we can take a look?

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**Author:** ![Beblebroks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798/3 "2025-03-20T10:32:33Z")

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I need to evaluate more tomorrow, staff already left.  
But we are having a gitignore for the DS\_STORE files. Could that be a reason?

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798/4 "2025-03-20T10:38:43Z")

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No, they are just (annoying) Finder files, don’t think you mneed those!

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**Author:** ![Beblebroks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798/5 "2025-03-21T05:13:02Z")

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Hi @dan,

yeah thats what they should only be. Anyway I got a test project up and running. But the result got worse. Here a short description how we did that:

1. Create a project from person A add some stuff, change the theme `app.elements`
2. Create a project from person A add nothing, use the pre-assigned default theme `blank.elements`
3. Commit and push all to github

Now when I want to open it show this:

 ![CleanShot 2025-03-21 at 12.54.28](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/7/a/7a5f59e7512e2d9b889f6f37ff5de5b75fb11e5b.png)

Which is different to before.

We also added a zip file which contains the 2 projects as well. When unzip those and open it. It works with Elements.

We used v0.6.5 and v0.6.6 for testing.

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**Author:** ![Beblebroks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798/6 "2025-03-23T14:23:32Z")

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Hi @dan,

do you guys had any chance to look at the files?

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-with-github/46798/7 "2025-03-24T09:57:39Z")

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Not yet, but I have created a ticket for us to take a look at this!