Installed Arch. Problem changing rc.lua file.

I have installed Arch again and installed awesome34 from AUR.Its all working fine when I installed themes(awesome-themes-git).And edit rc.lua file, point the directory of theme to (beautiful.init) typed this:
("awful.util.getdir("config") .. "/themes/arch/theme.lua")
I have maked directory themes and cp (awesome-themes-git) to this folder themes.When I change following it does not affect in Arch I restart my machine few times but it does not affect.
Can someone help me please.
Thanks in advance.

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