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Bug 1938344 - [rfe] Option to rename repository names
Summary: [rfe] Option to rename repository names
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dnf-plugins-core
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
unspecified
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Assignee: rpm-software-management
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: dnf-community
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-03-12 20:31 UTC by Thiago Sueto
Modified: 2023-08-09 20:16 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-08-09 20:16:26 UTC
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Description Thiago Sueto 2021-03-12 20:31:47 UTC 
Currently, in order to rename a repository, it's necessary to change the name= option in /etc/dnf/repos.d. It would be convenient to be able to rename repository ids directly via dnf.

By renaming a repository name, it's possible to make it significantly shorter to type or be more descriptive than the default name.

For instance, in openSUSE Krypton, I have KDE Unstable repositories.
One of them is named:
KDE_Unstable_Applications

Which is particularly long to type, in addition to requiring shift for typing _. Typically I rename the repository to something like:
kdeu-apps

Which makes repository management significantly faster.
I've seen repositories with long ids on both openSUSE and Fedora, so this would serve as a nice QoL feature.
Comment 1 Neal Gompa 2021-03-13 12:38:05 UTC 
The config-manager subcommand is part of dnf-plugins-core, so reassigning.
Comment 2 Pavla Kratochvilova 2021-03-16 06:20:34 UTC 
You can change repository name using the config-manager plugin:
# dnf config-manager --setopt=<REPOID>.name=<NEW NAME> --save

However, repo id cannot be changed in this way. So, I am keeping this bug report open.
Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2022-05-12 16:30:25 UTC 
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 34 on 2022-06-07.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
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Comment 4 Jaroslav Mracek 2023-08-09 20:16:26 UTC 
According to comment 2, the name is possible to change. I guess that the requester is satisfy with it, because there is no reaction for long time.
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