angular.module('materialscommons').factory("project", projectService);

function projectService() {
    var self = this;
    self.project = {};

    return {
        set: function(proj) {
            self.project = angular.copy(proj);
        },

        get: function() {
            return self.project;
        }
    }
}

@@ -212,26 +212,12 @@
 t = 
-angular.copy(
 proj
-)
 ;%0A  

Remove angular.copy.