Provides the ability to rename a project.
There are a few caveats:
You cannot rename projects that use “submodule subscription”
Projects that use submodule subscription cannot be renamed. Remove the submodule registration before attempting to rename the project.
You cannot rename projects that have any child projects
Projects that have child projects cannot be renamed. Currently, the plugin does not support rename of parent projects.
You cannot rename using a project name that already exists
If choosing a name that already exists, you cannot rename the project.
You cannot rename the “All-Projects” project
If choosing to rename “All-Projects”, you cannot rename the project as this action is prohibited.
You cannot rename the “All-Users” project
If choosing to rename “All-Users”, you cannot rename the project as this action is prohibited.
You should limit project renames to administrator users
Because of all the above caveats, it is not recommended to allow any non-admin user to perform any project rename.
This plugin can replicate project renaming by itself, if gerrit.config has a url entry at the plugin configuration section and if master and all other replicas have this plugin installed. Once configured, replication of rename will start on every successful renaming of a local project. When the plugin completes the renaming operation on the master instance successfully, it sends an ssh command to replicas' rename-project plugin using the hostname provided in the configuration file. Replicas then perform their own local file system rename.
The caveat is if ssh rename replication fails, the plugin doesn't retry the rename replication operation. This results in primary and replica instances being out of sync. The admin then will have to consider the following steps:
Start replication on the renamed project from the primary side. For more information, see the replication start command.
Confirm that the renamed project was replicated.
Delete the original (not renamed) project repository directory contents on the replica side; this step is optional.
To be allowed to rename arbitrary projects, a user must be a member of a group that is granted the ‘Rename Project’ capability (provided by this plugin) or the ‘Administrate Server’ capability. Project owners are allowed to rename their own projects if they are members of a group that is granted the ‘Rename Own Project’ capability (provided by this plugin). However, because of all the caveats of this plugin, it is not recommended to delegate the ‘Rename Project’ capability to any non-admin user.
As previously described, this plugin is capable of performing only file system rename, if a user is an admin user and if the --replication option is used.