Commit dab49da4 authored by Jonston Chan's avatar Jonston Chan Committed by Amy Qualls

Docs: change default branch documentation to state minimum required role

parent 4a3dbc31
......@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ the [Git commands you need](#update-the-default-branch-name-in-your-repository)
To update the default branch name for an individual [project](../../index.md):
1. Sign in to GitLab as a user with the [Administrator](../../../permissions.md) role.
1. Sign in to GitLab with at least the [Maintainer](../../../permissions.md) role.
1. In the left navigation menu, go to **Settings > Repository**.
1. Expand **Default branch**, and select a new default branch.
1. (Optional) Select the **Auto-close referenced issues on default branch** checkbox to close
......@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ overrides it.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/221014) in GitLab 13.6.
Administrators of groups and subgroups can configure the default branch name for a group:
Users with at least the Owner role of groups and subgroups can configure the default branch name for a group:
1. Go to the group **Settings > Repository**.
1. Expand **Default initial branch name**.
......@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ renames a Git repository's (`example`) default branch.
git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main
```
1. Sign in to GitLab as an [administrator](../../../permissions.md) and follow
the instructions to
1. Sign in to GitLab with at least the [Maintainer](../../../permissions.md)
role and follow the instructions to
[change the default branch for this project](#change-the-default-branch-name-for-a-project).
Select `main` as your new default branch.
1. Protect your new `main` branch as described in the [protected branches documentation](../../protected_branches.md).
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