[LSP] Move refactoring
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m-gregoire · 2022-07-01 11:33

Hello everyone,

Today, I discovered a function of IntelliJ: "Move refactoring"
(https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/move-
refactorings.html#move_refactoring).

In Golang for example, moving a folder inside a project will
automatically update all reference to the package and modify all the
necessary imports.

Researching a bit, I found out this is probably a function of the LSP
server. I found `lsp-rename` which allow renaming a function in the
whole project but I couldn't find equivalent to the "Move refactoring"
function of IntelliJ, which would allow moving a folder in one go.

Is there anyway to achieve this in Emacs?

Thank you!

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anaumann · 2022-07-01 11:48

For lsp-java, there's an open github issue since 2019 to allow for
moving classes between packages(which is more or less the same
thing)..

And Microsoft's pyright server has only just gotten the simple
refactor/rename functionality..    So it differs quite a bit between
the different lsp implementations..

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wargxs · 2022-07-01 12:34

Jetbrains does not use lsp, right?

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anaumann · 2022-07-01 12:51

Nope, but I think the OP is looking for a similar functionality in lsp
:)

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wargxs · 2022-07-01 13:08

Ah I misunderstood, I thought he was assuming that it is a function of
the IntelliJ lsp server

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rucci99 · 2022-07-01 13:23

gopls [doesn't support package renaming
yet](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/41567).

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onetom · 2022-07-02 08:51

it sounded like that to me too.

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m-gregoire · 2022-07-04 07:30

Yes! Thank you for clarifying.

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m-gregoire · 2022-07-04 07:33

That was badly worded on my end indeed. I meant that I found that the
LSP server specification defines something that resembles IntelliJ
function, and wanted a way to reproduce it inside Emacs using the LSP
server.

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m-gregoire · 2022-07-04 07:33

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you for the reference!

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m-gregoire · 2022-07-04 07:34

Thank you for the explanation!