It is not possible to make a user Owner of a group without readding the user
Summary
If you are an Owner of a group and wish to promote an existing member of that group to Owner then you have to remove that user and readd as Owner.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a group
- Add user as anything but
Owner - Try to change the permissions to
Owner
What is the current bug behavior?
Owner is not present in the list

What is the expected correct behavior?
Should see Owner included in the list.
Results of GitLab environment info
GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.17.4-ee ba6d2a14