How to rename ABC project [SOLVED]

[webdevelopland]

I guess everything here is obvious for bazel developers.
But I'm not bazel developer and I faced the issue today. So that post might be helpful for developers like me.

1. A dash is forbidden symbol for bazel project name.
   So you can't name your project 'my-super-app'. It has to be 'my_super_app' or something without dashes.

2. bazel project name is situated in WORKSPACE

workspace(name = "angular_bazel_example")

Also, some BUILD files can contain the name. Especially /src/BUILD.bazel

ts_devserver(
    name = "devserver",
    entry_module = "angular_bazel_example/src/main",
    scripts = ["//:angular_bundles"],
    serving_path = "/bundle.min.js",
    static_files = [
        ":zone.js",
        "index.html",
    ],
    deps = ["//src"],
)

3. After renaming you will need to relaunch dev server.

4. Renaming BUILD files doesn't cause extra changes. But after renaming WORKSPACE, next launch will be loading much longer.

[alexeagle]

Do you think some documentation needs updated?

[webdevelopland]

I guess there is no something special. But dash forbiddance can be confusing for new ABC users. Maybe small reference about it won't be superfluous.

[alexeagle]

Bigger issue is there needs to be some mapping from the npm name of the project to the workspace, to make absolute imports work. You need to be able to `import {} from my-project` even though the workspace is my_project... needs thought

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