Odoo - Rename an addon without losing data

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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

Thanks antesapi, v16 and later uses manifets.py file, if you are using odoosh, execute psql so run QUERY, later push all new changes

Tried this in V15 -> still works ...

If I understand correctly openerp.py has been replaced by manifest.py in later versions of Odoo?