diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename.go
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+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename.go
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+package rename
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/api"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghinstance"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type RenameOptions struct{
+	HttpClient func() (*http.Client, error)
+	IO *iostreams.IOStreams
+	RepoName string
+}
+
+func MewCmcRename(f *cmdutil.Factory, runf func(*RenameOptions) error) *cobra.Command {
+	opts:= &RenameOptions {
+		IO: f.IOStreams,
+		HttpClient: f.HttpClient,
+	}
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use: "rename <user/repo> <user/repo_change",
+		Short: "Rename a repository",
+		Long: "Rename a GitHub repository",
+		Args: cmdutil.ExactArgs(2, "cannot rename: repository argument required"),
+		RunE: func (cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			opts.RepoName = args[0]
+			if runf != nil {
+				return runf(opts)
+			}
+			return renameRun(opts)
+		},
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
+
+func renameRun(opts *RenameOptions) error {
+	cs := opts.IO.ColorScheme()
+	httpClient, err := opts.HttpClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient);
+
+	var toRename ghrepo.Interface
+
+	repoURL := opts.RepoName
+
+	if !strings.Contains(repoURL, "/") {
+		currentUser, err := api.CurrentLoginName(apiClient, ghinstance.Default())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		repoURL = currentUser + "/" + repoURL
+	}
+
+	toRename, err = ghrepo.FromFullName(repoURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("argument error: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fields := []string{"name", "owner", "id"}
+
+	repo, err := 
+}
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