Renaming packages in git

[Kacper Kornet]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 03:22:16PM +0200, Jacek Konieczny wrote:
> Hi,

> What is the current procedure for renaming packages in git?

> Both cases: when the package already has some auto/ tags and when it
> does not.

Every developer can do:
 ssh git at git.pld-linux.org move oldname newname

Afterwards newname is a copy of old name, and oldname is read only
(except in github). Any attempt to push to old name shows message
explaining what happens.

> Todays candidate to rename is: 

>   python-pyzmq -> python-zmq  

> (python package name is 'zmq' – 'import zmq')

> This one has not been built yet, so it is a simple repository rename.

Done.

-- 
  Kacper