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@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ For making code changes, installing `pre-commit` is necessary (see section [Code
 
 ### Customization
 
-The project's name (`python-template`) can be edited following next steps:
-
-1. Edit project's name in the [pyproject.toml](pyproject.toml) file
-2. Set `PROJECT_NAME` env variable to be exactly the same as project's name in pyproject.toml. Ensure VSCode has this
-variable loaded, otherwise the dev container might fail or not work as expected. You can open VScode with from cmd with:
+To rename the project `python-template`, you need to run `uv run python scripts/rename-template.py <new-project-name>`
 
 ```bash
 PROJECT_NAME=your-awesome-project code <path/to/repo>
diff --git a/scripts/rename-template.py b/scripts/rename-template.py
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+++ b/scripts/rename-template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+
+import argparse
+import glob
+import os
+
+paths_to_replace = [
+    "src/**/*.py",
+    "tests/**/*.py",
+    "Dockerfile",
+    ".env.example",
+    ".devcontainer/**/*",
+    "uv.lock",
+    "pyproject.toml",
+    ".github/workflows/python-app.yml",
+    "scripts/**/*",
+    "scripts/**/*",
+    ".env"
+]
+
+def rename_template(new_project_name: str):
+    for path in paths_to_replace:
+        files = glob.glob(path, recursive=True)
+        for file in files:
+            if not os.path.isfile(file) or file.__contains__("rename-template.py"):
+                continue
+            with open(file, "r") as f:
+                content = f.read()
+            content = content.replace("python-template", new_project_name)
+            content = content.replace("python_template", new_project_name.replace("-", "_"))
+            with open(file, "w") as f:
+                f.write(content)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("new_project_name", type=str)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    rename_template(args.new_project_name)