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rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hd/pnr_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hd/no_synth.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hd/synth_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
rename from sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hd/no_synth.cells
rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hd/synth_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/drc_exclude.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/pnr_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
rename from sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/drc_exclude.cells
rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/pnr_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/no_synth.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/synth_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
rename from sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/no_synth.cells
rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hdll/synth_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/drc_exclude.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/pnr_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
rename from sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/drc_exclude.cells
rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/pnr_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/no_synth.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/synth_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
rename from sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/no_synth.cells
rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_hs/synth_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ls/drc_exclude.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ls/pnr_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
rename from sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ls/drc_exclude.cells
rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ls/pnr_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ls/no_synth.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ls/synth_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
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rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ls/synth_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ms/drc_exclude.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ms/pnr_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
rename from sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ms/drc_exclude.cells
rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ms/pnr_excluded.cells
diff --git a/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ms/no_synth.cells b/sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ms/synth_excluded.cells
similarity index 100%
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rename to sky130/librelane/sky130_fd_sc_ms/synth_excluded.cells