change default branch through API
Release notes
Change the API to support changing the default branch.
Problem to solve
While switching from master to main everywhere, it would be nice to have an automated way to complete this change transparently, from the client side, without users having to clickety their way through the settings page. One crucial part of this is missing from the API: the capacity of changing the default branch, without which it is impossible to cleanup the master branch.
Intended users
User experience goal
The user should be able to delete a default branch through the API or change the default branch of a repository.
Proposal
Unsure. Either a POST on the repository, or make an update on a branch?
Further details
This script otherwise works well to rename repositories with "normal" git remotes, but needs to go through all sorts of hoops with GitLab, and ultimately fails because it cannot delete the default branch:
https://gitlab.com/anarcat/scripts/-/blob/main/git-branch-rename-remote
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Documentation
Availability & Testing
Available Tier
- Free