Change Default branch in gitlab

Question

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 maste

Answer 1

For gitlab v10+ (as of Sept 2018), this has moved to settings-> repository -> default branch

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

In Gitlab version v11.4.4-ee, you can:

1. Setting
2. Repository
3. Default Branch

Click me

Answer 5

Settings > Repository > Default Branch

Answer 6

For GitLab 11.5.0-ee, go to https://gitlab.com/<username>/<project name>/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.