Issue starting branch with restart from original case case names do not match

Hi everyone,

I have not figured this one out from the docs or online help. What I want to do is create a copy of my
original case to another new case name, and then run it using the original cases restart files, so
I start the run part way through.

I can clone it, but, that requires the same case name and different path.

If I want a different case name, I can still clone it, fix the env_conf.xml to make
a branch, and modify RUN_REFCASE and RUN_REFDATE to that
of my original case. I then configure and fix the Buildconf directory
entries to be the same as my original case.

As far as I know this should be the same as my original case but with
a new case name.

I copy the rpointer and restart files to the new cases run directory.

The problem I keep getting is the following:

(shr_orb_params) -----------------------------------------
(seq_infodata_Init) restart file from rpointer= ia_top_tx0.1_v2.cpl.r.1974-11-01-00000.nc
(seq_infodata_Check) case_name =ia_top_debug: rest_case_name =ia_top_tx0.1_v2:
(shr_sys_abort) ERROR: (seq_infodata_Check) : invalid continue restart case name = ia_top_tx0.1_v2
(shr_sys_abort) WARNING: calling shr_mpi_abort() and stopping

So I am confused as to what I need to do to basically create a copy and then be able to run it
from the current restart.

In this particular case I am trying to test out different compilers, so want to run both cases, but with
no real config changes. In other cases I want to move to a different machine and keep going,
or try some permutations from a given point. I can do a hybrid, but, thought, a branch was
more what I was trying to do.

thank you,

Caroline
 
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