Enable the gldropdown_branches feature flag

app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Projects::BranchesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   before_action :redirect_for_legacy_index_sort_or_search, only: [:index]
   before_action :limit_diverging_commit_counts!, only: [:diverging_commit_counts]
   before_action do
-    push_frontend_feature_flag(:gldropdown_branches)
+    push_frontend_feature_flag(:gldropdown_branches, default_enabled: :yaml)
   end
 
   feature_category :source_code_management

app/helpers/branches_helper.rb

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module BranchesHelper
   end
 
   def gldropdrown_branches_enabled?
-    Feature.enabled?(:gldropdown_branches)
+    Feature.enabled?(:gldropdown_branches, default_enabled: :yaml)
   end
 end
 

changelogs/unreleased/jivanvl-enable-gldropdown-branches-ff.yml

+---
+title: Update search and sort from the branches page
+merge_request: 58951
+author:
+type: changed

config/feature_flags/development/gldropdown_branches.yml

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/326549
 milestone: '13.11'
 type: development
 group: group::continuous integration
-default_enabled: false
+default_enabled: true