Namespace change/ Create new module

Problem/Motivation

Original issue: https://www.drupal.org/project/infrastructure/issues/3112564

We are looking to update/change the name of a contributed project that we have on drupal.og.

Project: Cloudflare Whitelist
https://www.drupal.org/project/cloudflare_whitelist

We are sensitive to the fact that the language in the title is offensive and would like to change the name, along with the namespace. Please visit : https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/51088/alternative-term-to-bl...

I have searched the documentation and have been unable to find the process.

Thanks in advance.

Proposed resolution

Original issue: https://www.drupal.org/project/infrastructure/issues/3112564 comment from Neil Drumm

Drupal.org projects can not be renamed. For example, any existing site checking update status won’t know about the rename, and will keep getting data on cloudflare_whitelist. And if we did move it, we don’t want to allow someone else to make a new cloudflare_whitelist project with different code and releases.

It is best to make a new project, and make the old project visibly unsupported. If wanted, you can push the existing Git history to the new project’s git remote; it is probably even possible to rewrite all the commits, as if the code had the new project name the whole time. The old project page should be updated to direct people to the new project, and any advice for site owners making the switch, such as any configuration migration that might be needed. And the old project’s releases can be marked unsupported at https://www.drupal.org/node/3053282/edit/releases, to alert anyone using update status.

Remaining tasks

• Create new project space
• Upload new code base
• Deprecate old project