Change Default branch in gitlab

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I accidentally pushed my local master to a branch called origin on gitlab and now it is the default  Is there a way to rename this branch or set a new master branch to master

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See also GitLab 13 6  November 2020   Customize the initial branch name for new projects within a group When creating a new Git repository  the first branch created is named master by default  In coordination with the Git project  broader community  and other Git vendors  GitLab has been listening to the development community   s feedback on determining a more descriptive and inclusive name for the default branch  and is now offering users options to change the name of the default branch name for their repositories  Previously  we shipped the ability to customize the initial branch name at the instance-level and as part of 13 6  GitLab now allows group administrators to configure the default branch name for new repositories created through the GitLab interface  See Documentation and Issue     GitLab 13 9  Feb 2021  details   Git default branch name change    Every Git repository has an initial branch  It   s the first branch to be created automatically when you create a new repository  By default  this initial branch is named master  Git version 2 31 0  scheduled for release March 15  2021  will change the default branch name in Git from master to main  In coordination with the Git project and the broader community  GitLab will be changing the default branch name for new projects on both our SaaS  GitLab com  and self-managed offerings starting with GitLab 14 0  This will not affect existing projects  For more information  see the related epic and the Git mailing list discussion  Deprecation date  Apr 22  2021

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In Gitlab version v11 4 4-ee  you can    Setting Repository Default Branch   Click me

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To change default branch in GitLab  1  Settings   General   General project settings   Expand 2  Default Branch   Change your project default branch 3  Save changes

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Settings   Repository   Default Branch

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First I needed to remote into my server with ssh  If someone has a non ssh way of doing this please post   I found my bare repositories at   cd  var opt gitlab git-data repositories group-name project-name git   used  git branch    to see the wrong active branch  git symbolic-ref HEAD refs heads master   to change the master to to be the branch called master then use the web interface and  git branch  to confirm

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In Gitlab CE 9 0  You can change the default branch from the Settings Tab in a repository s header

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In 8 0  it looks like this was moved into the project   If you open your project and go to the gear icon on the right  then  Edit Project  you can set the default branch for the project

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For GitLab 11 5 0-ee  go to https   gitlab com  lt username gt   lt project name gt  settings repository   You should see   Default Branch  Select the branch you want to set as the default for this project  All merge requests and commits will automatically be made against this branch unless you specify a different one   Click Expand  select a branch  and click Save Changes

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in the GitLab Enterprise Edition 12 2 0-pre you have to use following  Setting   Repository   Default Branch   expand it  and change the default branch Here

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Settings General General Project Settings

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To change the default branch in Gitlab 7 7 2    Click Settings in the left-hand bar Change the Default Branch to the desired branch Click Save Changes

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For gitlab v10   as of Sept 2018   this has moved to settings- gt  repository - gt  default branch  As stated by  Luke this is still valid as on 4 1 2021

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In the latest GitLab Community Edition version 9 2 2      You have to click on  Settings  tab located at right most on tabs panel after opening the project  Under  Settings  you will get section  Default Branch  dropdown which will give you all branches for the repository  Select the desired branch  Scroll down to hit green colored  Save changes  button located just after  Project Avatar     Please refer image below

[gitlab] Change Default branch in gitlab

Customize the initial branch name for new projects within a group

Git default branch name change

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