Does copying page hiearchy to a new space name/key destroy all links pointing to original space?

Rob Little_fwnpch

I know there are many pages and posts on this, and https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-2085 and the work around wiki page, however, across all the data points, there is still what seems like contradictory, or at the very least, confusing information.

 

In a cloud to cloud migration of 2 confluence cloud instances, if we have keys of FOO on both sides, if we setup a new space on the source called BAR, and copy the page hiearchy from FOO into BAR, then delete FOO, do any links originally pointed at FOO, need to be manually fixed?  

 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-copy-or-rename-a-space-in-confluence-169578.html#HowtocopyorrenameaspaceinConfluence-solution3 even that page has 'Note that incoming links from other spaces will continue to point to your source space.' which is ambiguous at best... the source space i wanted to copy out of because of a key clash, or the *new* source space you just instructed me on setting up?

Thanks in advance!

Kristian Klima_gtcuat

Hi @Rob Little 

This is an interesting one!   

Links within the space will work. 

But I'm not sure cross space links will work. Page IDs and space keys will be identical but the site will be different and you can only import / export one space at a time.

I suggest testing it.

Create two spaces on your source site, each with two pages, cross link them, export, import and test. It should not take more than a couple of minutes.