Can we have an easy way of writing namespaces instead of changing it every time

[stealthAngel]

Imagine we have this folder structure:

Library
--- Books
--- --- BookModel

The namespace is then

namespace Library.Books.BookModel;

However, if we move it to somewhere else we need to change the namespace again.

Can't we do something like this?

namespace thisfolder;

so that when the file moves to another location the namespace automatically changes internally?

[Richiban]

This is, IMO, better solved with an editor feature rather than the language itself (which currently has no concept of files or folder structures).

I know ReSharper has a quick action to "fix" namespaces in files, and you can even do it across an entire project in one go. Perhaps VS has the same?

[TahirAhmadov]

VS 2022 (definitely 17.5) has automatic namespace adjustment. It is just a little wonky in some edge cases, but it works 99% of the time.

[Captain-Quack]

As @TahirAhmadov mentioned, VS 2022 can do this. If you move a file to a folder, it should ask you if you want to change the namespace.