# Roles folder in /tmp/awx\_\*/project/roles/ is empty

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-folder-in-tmp-awx-project-roles-is-empty/34444>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-folder-in-tmp-awx-project-roles-is-empty/34444 "2021-01-14T18:44:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jean-Rene\_Robin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jean-Rene\_Robin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jean-Rene_Robin)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-folder-in-tmp-awx-project-roles-is-empty/34444/1 "2021-01-14T18:44:13Z")

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Hello,

I use a AWX patched version (I patched the update process so AWX will use [Gilt](https://gilt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) to retrieve roles in project/roles folder).

When installing / updating AWX, the roles are fetched, and the folder roles/ is populated with all my roles :

- /project  
/roles  
/role-a  
/role-b  
/role-c  
/…

But, when the temporary folder or each playbook is created in /tmp, I can see that my roles, available in the projet/roles folder, are **not** copied.

I know that my use case is not a normal one, so I did not created an issue on the project. Could someone point me to the process / functions that are responsible for the action of copying the files from the project folder to the temporary folder ?

Regards,