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vim-go with coc.nvim: how to rename a package?

I have a file work.go opened in vim-go. It's in package oldpackagename.

I want to refactor and rename it to newpackagename. Is there some tooling for that? The reason is, the initial assumptions for oldpackagename do not apply anymore.

I know I can do search and replace stuff, but usually either

  • GoRename resp.
  • nmap <leader>rn <Plug>(coc-rename)

work just fine on automatically renaming all occurrences.

But for the package name, I get:

vim-go: [rename] SUCCESS vim-go: cannot rename the identifier at the requested position for GoRename and:

[coc.nvim] Error on rename: The element can't be renamed. for coc.nvim.

Is package renaming different? Do I have to use search/replace or are my configs maybe corrupted?

Solution

  • Under the hood, vim-go uses either gorename or gopls to run :GoRename; the default is now gopls.

    Both of these don't support renaming packages:

    For coc.nvim, I'm not sure, but it seems to integrate with gopls, so the same lack of support would apply.