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Add `happi rename` and also fix happi edit of 'name' field #328

Open klauer opened 1 year ago

klauer commented 1 year ago

Expected Behavior

Add CLI entrypoint for easy renaming: $ happi rename at2l0 at2l0_foobar or perhaps $ happi rename at2l0=at2l0_foobar at1k4=at1k4_foobar

This would update the 'name' field, the internal '_id', and the parent JSON db key for that backend

Current Behavior

I believe this is how it'll work as-is, but correct me if not:

Renaming can potentially be done with happi edit
But then happi repair (post #327) will reset the name to the id in the case of the JSON backend
This leaves the only option for renaming to edit the JSON file

Possible Solution

Add new rename command and fix up happi edit The backends may need a corresponding function for renaming