Hi there, I renamed all my master branches to main, because that is what a lot of the git systems do nowadays. But I cannot find any way to set the default name for new repositories. I will always be master. So first thing I have to do is going through the rename process again…

Is there any way to set the name for the default branch of new repositories?

hchouraria February 9, 2021, 4:28am 2

For self-managed instances this can be configured by an administrator: Branches | GitLab

Admin Area > Settings > Repository

Adjust Default initial branch name

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