# Renamaing directories

**URL:** <https://discuss.dvc.org/t/renamaing-directories/1815>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [October 23, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/renamaing-directories/1815 "2023-10-23T16:40:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anupam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@anupam](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/anupam)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/renamaing-directories/1815/1 "2023-10-23T16:40:35Z")

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I have a following `dvc.yaml` file at the root of my project directory:

```auto
params:
- dir1/dvclive/params.yaml
- dir2/dvclive/params.yaml
metrics:
- dir1/dvclive/metrics.json
- dir2/dvclive/metrics.json
plots:
- dir1/dvclive/plots/metrics:
    x: step
- dir2/dvclive/plots/metrics:
    x: step

```

Also, I have `dvc.yaml` inside all the directories. Now I want to rename `dir1` to `dir1_new`. What steps need to be taken after renaming the directory?

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**Author:** ![dberenbaum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@dberenbaum](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/dberenbaum)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/renamaing-directories/1815/2 "2023-10-23T17:00:00Z")

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You can delete dir1 and change your dvclive code to point to dir1\_new. However, note that there is not yet anyway to “merge” the old and new directory names when comparing your history of experiments.

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**Author:** ![anupam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@anupam](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/anupam)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/renamaing-directories/1815/3 "2023-10-23T19:33:40Z")

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Could you please elaborate your second sentence?  
An example of what I will not be able to do will help…

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**Author:** ![dberenbaum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@dberenbaum](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/dberenbaum)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/renamaing-directories/1815/4 "2023-10-23T21:18:51Z")

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Your old and new directories will show up as different columns in commands like `dvc exp show`.