How to set the default branch in Gitlab?

Question

I wanted to change the default branch in git repository hosted on Gitlab.

current default is v0.1, wanted to change to master.

v0.1 was the first branch created in repo on init.

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Go to the project settings (link: edit project, depending on the version this is hidden on the upper right behind the sandwich link), there you can change the default branch.