Renaming project that is also using VSS?

[Brett Romero]

What is the best way for renaming a project (including namespace) that
also has its tree structure as the project name in VSS? This project
(DLL) is referenced by a couple of other projects in their early
stages. This means renaming the references in them also.

Thanks,
Brett

 

[Guest]

Just make sure everything is checked out, and go ahead and rename it and make
your changes. You will probably get a VSS warning about it.
I've done it a couple of times, and nothing has "Blown Up". Your mileage may
vary.
Peter

 

[Brett Romero]

Ok thanks. The particular project is a DLL. At some point I'll
distribute the updated DLL. This update will break existing apps that
are currently using the older DLL. Are there any methods for dealing
with this besides find/replace in the existing apps?

If I'm just starting an app I know will use DLLs that could very well
change their namespace, is there a way to encapsulate that? Would
creating an interface to the DLL solve this?

Brett