Easy way to rename a django project

Question

I would like to know if there is an easy way to rename a project. The project has an app that I would like to also rename. Of course if I rename it the folder, it won't work. I did a search in here and Google and I could not find the answer. Thanks

Answer 1

Renaming the project is actually easier than renaming an app. This question explains how to rename an app.

To rename the project, you need to change the project name wherever it appears. grep -nir oldname . can help you find where it appears. In my case, I had to change the following places:

1. Rename the oldprojectname directory to newprojectname

2. manage.py: Change os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'oldprojectname.settings')

3. newprojectname/wsgi.py: Change os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'oldprojectname.settings')

4. newprojectname/settings.py: Change ROOT_URLCONF = 'oldprojectname.urls' and change WSGI_APPLICATION = 'oldprojectname.wsgi.application'

5. newprojectname/urls.py: Change oldprojectname in a line I had added

Answer 2

very simple and efficient

add this command to any app in your project like this ,

# app/management/commands/renameproject.py  import os import glob from django.conf import settings from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError   class Command(BaseCommand):     help = 'Renames the Project'      def add_arguments(self, parser):         parser.add_argument('old', nargs='+', type=str, help="current project name")         parser.add_argument('new', nargs='+', type=str, help="new project name")      def handle(self, *args, **options):         old = options["old"][0]         new = options["new"][0]          base = str(settings.BASE_DIR)         projectfiles = []         managefile = os.path.join(base, "manage.py")         projectfiles.append(managefile)         projectfiles += glob.glob(os.path.join(base, old, "*.py"))         projectfiles += glob.glob(os.path.join(base, old, "**", "*.py"))         for pythonfile in projectfiles:             with open(pythonfile, 'r') as file:                 filedata = file.read()              filedata = filedata.replace(old, new)              with open(pythonfile, 'w') as file:                 file.write(filedata)         os.rename(os.path.join(base, old), os.path.join(base, new)) 

Now just run this command

python manage.py renameproject oldname newname  

have fun 😎

How it works:

Searches .py files across the project and replaces the old name with new.