# Error copying project from git "Unable to find static directory for theme"

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-project-from-git-unable-to-find-static-directory-for-theme/2129>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [November 23, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-project-from-git-unable-to-find-static-directory-for-theme/2129 "2015-11-23T02:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![adamwest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@adamwest](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/adamwest)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-project-from-git-unable-to-find-static-directory-for-theme/2129/1 "2015-11-23T02:27:57Z")

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I think it has to do with cloning the themes but i’ve tried google but no help. Here’s the error message I get. Can anyone give me some ideas as to whats going on and how should I fix this?

````auto
remote: done.
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Unable to find static directory for theme hugo-redlounge in /home/ajenti/makkaraperuna-working/themes/hugo-redlounge/static
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Unable to render [partials/header.html theme/partials/header.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Expecting to find a template in either the theme/layouts or /layouts in one of the following relative locations [partials/header.html theme/partials/header.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Unable to render [partials/sidebarheader.html theme/partials/sidebarheader.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Expecting to find a template in either the theme/layouts or /layouts in one of the following relative locations [partials/sidebarheader.html theme/partials/sidebarheader.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Unable to render [partials/listtop.html theme/partials/listtop.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Expecting to find a template in either the theme/layouts or /layouts in one of the following relative locations [partials/listtop.html theme/partials/listtop.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Unable to render [partials/footer.html theme/partials/footer.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Expecting to find a template in either the theme/layouts or /layouts in one of the following relative locations [partials/footer.html theme/partials/footer.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Unable to render [partials/bodyend.html theme/partials/bodyend.html]
remote: ERROR: 2015/11/22 Expecting to find a template in either the theme/layouts or /layouts in one of the following relative locations [partials/bodyend.html theme/partials/bodyend.html]
remote: 0 draft content
remote: 0 future content
remote: 2 pages created
remote: 0 paginator pages created
remote: 1 categories created
remote: 1 tags created
remote: in 17 ms```
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**Author:** ![moorereason](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/moorereason/32/592_2.png) [@moorereason](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/moorereason)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-project-from-git-unable-to-find-static-directory-for-theme/2129/2 "2015-11-23T18:43:18Z")

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`Unable to find static directory for theme hugo-redlounge in /home/ajenti/makkaraperuna-working/themes/hugo-redlounge/static`

Your theme is missing the required “static” folder.