Hi, I have a project in a fairly advanced state and I’d like to create a copy for tearing everything up without worrying about breaking the working version. In particular I’d like to give the new project a name that does not conflict. So suppose I have project_1 as a directory name with project_1.pro inside it and I want to create a directory copy that has all the filenames and paths set to project_2. Is there any easy way to do that that doesn’t involve a lot of manual editing?
One way is to put the project in GIT and make commits at logical points.
A simpler way is to just zip the whole project directory and then append a date in ISO 8601 format, so it results in names as: “Project_2020-12-27.zip”
If you copy those zipped project files to some external media (USB, NAS, etc) it is also a guard against complete PC failures. I usually have a text log file in which I collect some project notes and status of those zipped archives.
There is also a script to rename the project itself (not the project directory) I think it’s called “kirename” https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=kirename
which finds bobc’s repository on github: https://github.com/bobc/KiRename
Thanks 
Can I run that script in the kicad python console?
I have not used the script myself. There are proably some instructions on github how to use it. Or else just try it (after you’ve made a backup).
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