Move a project to another place in your resource hierarchy, under a new resource parent.
Returns an operation which can be used to track the process of the project move workflow. Upon success, the Operation.response field will be populated with the moved project.
The caller must have resourcemanager.projects.move permission on the project, on the project's current and proposed new parent.
If project has no current parent, or it currently does not have an associated organization resource, you will also need the resourcemanager.projects.setIamPolicy permission in the project.
HTTP request
POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v3/{name=projects/*}:move
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