Repository settings general tab is missing controls to switch the default branch

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Github settings missing button to update Default branch in General section, is there a new way to update now or is this a bug

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[Tiimie1]

do you have more than a single branch created? I assume you don't see the switch if you only have one branch.

also check org rulesets, if your organization has branch rulesets that target the default branch (like restrict deletions, require PR before merging, or block force pushes), the switch/rename buttons just disappear.
also check your permissions, you need admin access to the repo to change the default branch, not just write access

[blayank]

yeah, more than one branch exists about 5 actually. I also have admin access. Once i noticed this problem in this repo, I realised I can see the same issue in other repos where I am an admin that I have modified default branch before. Could be an org ruleset issue, haven't seen that before so i'll cross check.

Edit: Checked and no restricting ruleset

[Tiimie1]

hmm. interesting

are branch rulesets also empty?

[blayank]

Actually, on correction, though no restricting ruleset, I did see this which is pointing to master and that's currently the default branch. So, based on your input perhaps that's also affecting the default toggle?

[Tiimie1]

Yeah remove this ruleset switch the default branch than add the ruleset back on...

[blayank]

Okay that's gonna be a bit more of process since I don't manage that, so I'll try that route and update if this solved my problem :)

[blayank]

That worked! Thank you!