Rename local directories using a vector of patterns and replacements.

This function is meant to help with renaming local student repos to include something more useful like Last, First name or a unique identifier for the purposes of ordering repository folders.

Usage

local_repo_rename(repo_dir, pattern, replacement)

Arguments

repo_dir: Character. Vector of repo directories or a single directory containing one or more repos.
pattern: Character. One or more regexp patterns to match to directory names.
replacement: Character. One or more text strings containing the replacement value for matched patterns.

Value

Returns a character vector of the new repo directory paths, or NA if the rename failed.