# Ignition projects and Git repo sync issues

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-projects-and-git-repo-sync-issues/51883>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-projects-and-git-repo-sync-issues/51883 "2021-10-13T05:31:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vigneshwaranp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f1d935/32.png) [@vigneshwaranp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vigneshwaranp)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-projects-and-git-repo-sync-issues/51883/1 "2021-10-13T05:31:09Z")

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Current setup:  
• We have initialized and setup the git repo in the data/projects folder in the Ignition installation directory  
• We have dev and feature branch to work on the changes  
• Currently team is working on a feature branch

Issue(s):

- A person adds a new project through the Ignition designer and checks-in the changes to the branch, when others check-out the changes we **cannot** see the project in our designer, but the folder appears in the data/projects directory
- When we rename the folders/views/components etc… the changes are in the folder location, but it is **not-reflected/not-shown** in the Ignition designer even after we check-out the changes
- When we have multiple branches in git repo, and we check-out different branch, we still see only the changes from the previous repo branch, the latest changes from the current checked-out repo branch are not getting reflected
- Basically the sync between the folders/files (from the repo) and the designer is not happening as expected

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-projects-and-git-repo-sync-issues/51883/2 "2021-10-13T13:36:00Z")

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Sounds like you might need to increase the project scan frequency. In 8.1 the default is 5 minutes, which isn’t really suitable if you’re trying to use git.

In ignition.conf you can add JVM arg to the additional parameters section:

```auto
-Dignition.projects.scanFrequency=10

```

Would set the frequency to 10 seconds.

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**Author:** ![vigneshwaranp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f1d935/32.png) [@vigneshwaranp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vigneshwaranp)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-projects-and-git-repo-sync-issues/51883/3 "2021-10-14T05:35:21Z")

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Thanks for the solution, adding this setting in the conf file and restarting the Ignition service did the trick