Sublime Text: How do I rename the Directory in which I'm editing?

Question

I opened my folder called 'Tsunami++' in sublime text and I want to be able to rename it without having to close sublime text, open file explorer, find the folder, rename it, and open sublime again.

When I right-click the folder and select the rename option, type a new name, and hit enter, I get a quick 5 second message at the bottom that says

Unable to rename: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\ramal\\Desktop\\Tsunami++' -> 'C:\\Users\\ramal\\Desktop\\Tsunami-plus-plus'

It says access is denied, shows the path to the directory, and what the path would be with the new name

I checked if the name was valid, and it was. I checked if there was already a folder in my Desktop folder called Tsunami-plus-plus, and there wasn't, so it's not a matter of name validity or name collisions

My end goal is to be able to change the name of my current working directory within Sublime Text. How do I do this? What do I do to fix this error?

Answer 1

1. close Sublime Text
2. edit ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text/Local/Session.sublime_session by changing dir to dir2 (making sure you avoid errors there; do this at your own risk)
3. rename dir to dir2
4. re-open Sublime Text