Description Jonah Graham 2018-07-19 06:12:46 EDT

Created attachment 275049 [details]
renames in different languages

At the moment when you rename a header file in the Project Explorer it always triggers a refactor as part of that rename. For example if you have:

main.c:

#include "hello.h"
#include <stdio.h>

...

and in the same folder you have hello.h. Then if you select hello.h in the Project Explorer, choose Rename (context menu or F2), type a new name (like "hello2.h") the main.c becomes this:

#include <stdio.h>
#include "hello2.h"

...

This happens because various preferences kick in affecting the rename. For example, the reordering that happens above is Preferences -> C/C++ -> Code Style -> Organize Imports -> Allow reordering of includes.

This bug is to allow you to rename files in C projects without anything other than the rename happening.

For example, the JDT has a checkbox when you rename a Java file that says "Update references" and a few other options. 

What I would like is the rename dialog to have a new checkbox "Update references" like JDT/PyDev (see attachment) and a link to the C/C++ -> Code Style preferences pages to help users discover what may happen as a result of the rename.