Renaming, or moving a file should change all references to that file

[Freyja-moth]

What problem does this solve or what need does it fill?

Moving around assets can be quite tedious as every time that asset is referenced in code/scenes will have to be changed.

What solution would you like?

When renaming/moving a file the editor should update the path whenever it's used. Potentially with a prompt.

What alternative(s) have you considered?

Search all files in the project manually to find where it was previously used and update it. This may discourage users from reorganising assets, which isn't ideal.

[MWFIAE]

Not sure how the discussions are around this particular topic, but another solution would be to introduce an asset import system with guids. That way the asset (together with the import metadata) can be freely moved without losing references.

Of course this is also a trade-off and has various disadvantages as well as some potential.