[HBASE-25623] Shell commands should accept "hbase:meta" as an alias for the encoded region name

• Type: Improvement
• Status: In Progress
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: Operability, shell
• Assignee: Rahul Kumar
• Reporter: Nick Dimiduk
• Created: 01/Mar/21 22:10
• Updated: 17/Dec/21 02:23

Description

Simple one: the shell should accept the alias "meta" in place of the encoded region name. It's a little silly to have to say > move '1588230740', 'host, port,startcode'.

Issue Links

• is related to: HBASE-24291 HBCK2 should accept "hbase:meta" as an alias for the encoded region name
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3015
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3910