Rename archived repository WITHOUT unarchiving it first?

[mrfatguy]

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FEATURE REQUEST: Can we finally have the feature that will allow us to: rename archived repository without unarchiving it first?

The process, as currently implemented is a very, very painful and time-wasting:

1. Settings.
2. Unarchive
3. Provide name to confirm
4. Rename
5. Settings
6. Scroll to the bottom
7. Archive
8. Provide name to confirm

But the most important! By going through above we are loosing original repository archive date.

Which might be important for some of us for e.g. historic reasons.

Example:

1. I have have had 33 "historic" repositories.
2. Some of them where archived years ago and some of them just a couple of months or weeks ago.
3. To cleanup some stuff (rename these repositories and then transfer their ownership) I had to unarchive them.
4. Now, each and every one has an "archive date" set for... Jun 17, 2023, 7:16 AM UTC.

I don't know how about you, but for me this is stupid like a hell!

Not mentioning that it is time-wasting and totally counter-productive.

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