Is it possible to rename repositories I was not able to do t

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Is it possible to rename repositories I was not able to do that via the ui

Jonathan Rosenberg · Answer

Hi < Jonas> You cannot currently rename repositories in lakeFS You can of course delete and recreate the repo with you preferred name

Jonas · Answer

That s not really an option since we would lose their history doing so don t we

Jonathan Rosenberg · Answer

true

Oz Katz · Answer

it is possible to export the repository s commit history branches and pretty much everything except for uncommitted changes into the repository s storage namespace and then import it from a new repository

Oz Katz · Answer

basically do 1 `lakectl refs dump` see 2 create a bare repository that has no initial branch or commit see docs using the same storage namespace as the original repository 3 `lakectl refs restore` on the new bare repo to restore the branches commits etc 4 test and make sure everything works 5 delete the original repository slightly smiling face 6 win

Jonas · Answer

Ah that looks great Thank you slightly smiling face