Item13596: Wrong list at web rename

How to repo

• create web Adm
• go to Adm.WebPreferences
• click rename web
• will show VERY long list of topic, for "Change links in topics that refer to Adm.WebHome in any Web:"
• the list is wrong.
• thanks god, when click rename - the actual rename don't make any change in the listed topics.
• Probably search problem - the regex should search only for /\b$webname\b/ not for any substring.

-- JozefMojzis - 01 Aug 2015

Confirming this, but will be difficult to fix. The search for rename regexes are extremely complex. They are dynamically generated in Foswiki::UI::Rename::_getReferenceRE(). The initial search of "candidate" topics is done with a simple "grep" search for speed, and is limited by the capabilities of grep. The actual updates from the candidate list are then processed with a much more complex search and have to deal with many complexities including macro parameters and spaced links.

-- GeorgeClark - 26 Aug 2015

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