def rename_module(project, old_module, new_module):
    try:
        tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        os.makedirs(os.path.join(tempdir, old_module))
        open(os.path.join(tempdir, old_module, '__init__.py'), 'a').close()
        sys.path.append(tempdir)

        resource = project.find_module(old_module)
        changes = Rename(project, resource).get_changes(new_module)
        changes.do()
    finally:
        shutil.rmtree(tempdir, ignore_errors=True)