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Adds troubleshooting for ambiguous HEAD branch

What does this MR do?

This merge request is a child of !105843 (merged). It exists to craft troubleshooting docs for the "ambiguous HEAD" problem described in Update to default branch on project via GUI or ... (#381731 - closed) without the long pipeline in the parent MR.

Important notes:

  • Needs a TW review.
  • !105843 (merged) needs a separate update after we settle on error message text here.

Other possible text versions

When I created the MR, I was basing it off this wording, but I'm not convinced it's 100% right:

Error: Ambiguous HEAD branch exists. [How do I fix it?]

Other possibilities:

  • Error: Can't update the default branch, because a branch named HEAD also exists. [How do I fix it?]
  • Error: Failed to update the default branch. A branch named HEAD exists in this repository. [How do I fix it safely?]
  • (I can generate more.)

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