Odoo - Rename an addon without losing data

Odoo - Rename an addon without losing data.md

Odoo - Rename an addon without losing data

Rename addon

• Change __openerp__.py addon name field
• Change README.rst file

sed -i 's/<old_name>/<new_name>/g' README.rst

• Change translations files (i18n folder, .po and .pot files)

cd i18n
mv '<old_name>.pot' '<new_name>.pot'
sed -i 's/#\(.*\)\* <old_name>/#\1* <new_name>/g' *.po*
sed -i 's/#\. module: <old_name>/#. module: <new_name>/g' *.po*
sed -i 's/#: view:\(.*\):<old_name>/#: view:\1:<new_name>/g' *.po*
sed -i 's/#: model:\(.*\),name:<old_name>/#: model:\1,name:<new_name>/g' *.po*
sed -i 's/#: code:\(.*\)\/<old_name>\//#: code:\1\/<new_name>\//g' *.po*

• Change XML ID (module part) on views, templates, records, ...

Execute these SQL queries

UPDATE ir_module_module SET name = '<new_name>' WHERE name = '<old_name>';
UPDATE ir_model_data SET module = '<new_name>' WHERE module = '<old_name>';
UPDATE ir_model_data SET name = 'module_<new_name>' 
       WHERE name = 'module_<old_name>' 
       AND module = 'base' 
       AND model = 'ir.module.module';
UPDATE ir_module_module_dependency SET name = '<new_name>'
       WHERE name = '<old_name>';
UPDATE ir_translation SET module = '<new_name>'
       WHERE module = '<old_name>';

Update any addon that depends on this one

• Change __openerp__.py addon depends field

Restart Odoo

Update new addon

This will update any translation

Thank you for the tutorial, it's really helping

Thank you!

thanks is very useful

which Odoo version please?

Brilliant. This should work for most if not all versions. At least up to 10.0 it works.

Has anyone made it with the Odoo 12?

Has anyone made it with the Odoo 12?

Hi, I just tried it and it works fine in V12. Thanks!

Tried this in V15 -> still works ...

Tried this in V15 -> still works ...

If I understand correctly openerp.py has been replaced by manifest.py in later versions of Odoo?