Simultaneously Work on Packages of the Same Name

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To rename a ROS package:

1.Simply rename its folder name.

2.Update the name in Package.xml file of the package.

3.Update the name in CMakeLists.txt file of the package.

Its Done, No need to build that package again after renaming.

To add to previous answers: reference

The package tends to use its files itself in launch/urdf/etcetera files, and other packages depending on the package may as well. For editing these dependencies:

find PKG-FOLDER \( -type d -name .git -prune \) -o -type f \
        -exec sed -i 's/old-pkg-name/new-pkg-name/g' {} +

This should replace all occurences of old-pkg-name in all files of PKG-FOLDER with new-pkg-name. Plus, if your files have names containing old-pkg-name, you may need to update these names too to maintain integrity.

find PKG-FOLDER \( \( -type d -name .git -prune \) -o -type f \) \
        -iwholename "*old-pkg-name*" \
        -exec rename s/old-pkg-name/new-pkg-name/ '{}' \;