Re: [Gnu-arch-users] How to rename a category?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Michaeljohn" == Michaeljohn Clement <address@hidden> writes:

    Michaeljohn> That wouldn't satisfy me;

That's how the pothead became a junkie, you know.

    Michaeljohn> every time I see "foo" it's a bit of cognitive
    Michaeljohn> dissonance especially now that "foo" is being used in
    Michaeljohn> reference to a new project.  I just want it out of
    Michaeljohn> there.

Cycle the physical archive, and create a new one, tagging into the old
one.  Use the right names in the new archive.

If that's not good enough, here's more drastic action.  Seal all the
branches, etc.  Unregister the old name.  Register an an artificial
name (eg, append -obsolete) to the old physical archive.

Now recursively grep the archive for its own name, and change it
everywhere it appears.  It's possible that it only really matters in
=meta-info/name, but you should at least fix all the patch logs for
consistency, and there may be other significant places.

Make a new physical archive, register it with the old name if you
like.  Tag the newbar in the new archive with the old name into the
oldfoo in the old archive with the artificial name.  You can put the
new foo into the new archive, too, but that's likely to confuse
people, so prepare carefully.

While this is not entirely safe (however, I can assure you that it's
entirely untested!), it's probably safer than trying to change the
category name, which undoubtedly appears in all kinds of weird places.
The net effect is that when looking at the new archive, you'll see
"foo" only in the ancient history, which is where it belongs.


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