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copied!<p>(There has been posted another question asking basically the same: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1485578/how-do-i-change-a-git-remote-head-to-point-to-something-besides-master/2962737">How do I change a Git remote HEAD to point to something besides “master”</a>, and there was more discussion there, with <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/github/browse_thread/thread/eb3046a7b4c8bec7/b64ee724a0db5471" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a reference to the Github group</a>. So I'd just like to point anyone to that discussion as well.)</p> <p>As we know, there is no universal answer.</p> <p>But there are a specific answers for various git "farms" (where multiple users can manage git repos through a restricted interface: via http and ssh): <a href="http://Github.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://Github.com</a>, <a href="http://Gitorious.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://Gitorious.org</a>, <a href="http://repo.or.cz" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://repo.or.cz</a>, <a href="http://en.altlinux.org/Git.alt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Girar</a> (<a href="http://git.altlinux.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://git.altlinux.org</a>). </p> <p>These specific answers might be useful for those reading this page and thinking about these specific services.</p> <ul> <li>Now they have a drop-down menu for selecting the HEAD branch at <strong><a href="http://repo.or.cz" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://repo.or.cz</a></strong> (example: <a href="http://repo.or.cz/editproj.cgi?name=for-me-and-for-all_imz.git" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://repo.or.cz/editproj.cgi?name=for-me-and-for-all_imz.git</a>);</li> <li>and at <strong><a href="http://gitorious.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://gitorious.org</a></strong>, too (look somewhere in the settings);</li> <li>and at <strong><a href="http://GitHub.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://GitHub.com</a></strong>: admin > Default Branch > (choose something) (thanks to @srcspider's answer);</li> <li>and in <strong><a href="http://en.altlinux.org/Git.alt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Girar</a></strong> (running on <a href="http://git.altlinux.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://git.altlinux.org</a> to build packages for ALT's distro), one can the ssh interface for this:</li> </ul> <pre> $ ssh git.alt help | fgrep branch default-branch [] $ </pre> <p>for example <code>ssh git.alt default-branch packages/autosshd.git sisyphus</code> to change the HEAD in the remote repo <code>autosshd.git</code> to point to the <code>sisyphus</code> branch.</p>

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