def rename_file(self, old_path, new_path):
        """Rename the current notebook, as well as its alternative representations"""
        if old_path not in self.paired_notebooks:
            try:
                # we do not know yet if this is a paired notebook (#190)
                # -> to get this information we open the notebook
                self.get(old_path, content=True)
            except Exception:
                pass

        if old_path not in self.paired_notebooks:
            super(TextFileContentsManager, self).rename_file(old_path, new_path)
            return

        fmt, formats = self.paired_notebooks.get(old_path)
        old_alt_paths = paired_paths(old_path, fmt, formats)

        # Is the new file name consistent with suffix?
        try:
            new_base = base_path(new_path, fmt)
        except Exception as err:
            raise HTTPError(400, str(err))

        for old_alt_path, alt_fmt in old_alt_paths:
            new_alt_path = full_path(new_base, alt_fmt)
            if self.exists(old_alt_path):
                super(TextFileContentsManager, self).rename_file(old_alt_path, new_alt_path)

        self.drop_paired_notebook(old_path)
        self.update_paired_notebooks(new_path, fmt, formats)