[Bug]: main branch not properly renaming original variables to target derived variable key

[tomvothecoder]

What happened?

rename() is not properly renaming original variable names to target derived variable keys. This bug has not been causing any issues in e3sm_diags and we don't write out files to netCDF (parameter.save_to_netcdf=False by default). This is a low priority issue and can be addressed when desired.

Technical Info

1. rename() -- notice how it just returns whatever is passed to it (new_name)
   

   e3sm_diags/e3sm_diags/derivations/acme.py

   Lines 19 to 21 in 43f5f74

   	def rename(new_name):
   	"""Given the new name, just return it."""
   	return new_name

2. Example rename() reference in derived vars dictionary -- the intended behavior is to rename "rsdt" to "SOLIN"
   

   e3sm_diags/e3sm_diags/derivations/acme.py

   Lines 674 to 676 in 43f5f74

   	"SOLIN": OrderedDict(
   	[
   	(("rsdt",), rename),

3. Call to rename() -- notice that a cdms2.TransientVariable is being passed to rename() here. rename() will just return that object without doing anything.
   

   e3sm_diags/e3sm_diags/driver/utils/dataset.py

   Lines 381 to 386 in 43f5f74

   	# Get the corresponding function.
   	# Ex: The func in {('PRECC', 'PRECL'): func}.
   	func = self._get_func(vars_to_func_dict)
   	# Call the function with the variables.
   	derived_var = func(*variables)

What did you expect to happen? Are there are possible answers you came across?

rename() should update the .id of the cdms2.TransientVariable to the target key

Example:

def rename(var: cdms2.TransientVariable, target_key: str) -> cdms2.TransientVariable:
    var.id = target_key

    return var

Minimal Complete Verifiable Example (MVCE)

No response

Relevant log output

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Anything else we need to know?

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Environment

main branch and all previous versions of e3sm_diags that used rename()

[tomvothecoder]

@chengzhuzhang FYI