Copying Apps that contain imports

A lot of automation occurs in our application using imports. Most times it is an import from and to the same table to update content based on conditions.

Problem: if you create a copy of an application, it appears that all the imports still point back to the original application name and tables. It would be simple enough if we could simply update the import target application name and have all the configurations update, but when you change the app name and select the table, all the import configs get lost, so you basically have to rebuild them all from scratch, risking potential human error. 

Does anyone have a known method out there for updating imports when copying an app?