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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Limiting it to a dash is just because that’s all Kicad generates.  The user could indeed use anything.

So should we rename any file that starts with the old project name?  I did have a version that did that, but it seemed too aggressive to me.

> On 11 Nov 2019, at 20:56, Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikkonen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> ma 11. marrask. 2019 klo 22.41 Jeff Young (jeff@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>) kirjoitti:
> Yes, the current algorithm renames files that either match the project name (with any extension), or start with the project name followed by a dash. 
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> Limiting the following character to dash seems arbitrary. Underscore is used often, and why it should be limited at all?
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> Here's one more possible solution. The current file dialog is kept, but if any generated or unknown files which begin with the project name are found, a new dialog asks if the user wants to rename and copy them or not to copy them at all, or maybe copy them as is.
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> On the other hand, what to do with other files which don't begin with the project name? Should they be confirmed and copied (as is), too?
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> What about the backup files?
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> I can see two use cases: rename the project (replace the old one); and copy the project to be a base for a new one. In the former case renaming and keeping about everything could be desired. In the latter case all but the basic project files would probably be ditched.
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> In the case of renaming I'm also interested in knowing how it affects version control, for example git, if the project is a repository. That must be tested, I think.
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> Eeli Kaikkonen
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