Change remote HEAD branch in git hosted on Visual Studio online

Question

When people clone this particular online reconstruction of a visual studio, instead of getting the expected master branch, they get a branch called initial .

I would like the branch named master to be the default branch that gets the checkbox when cloning the repository.

In fact, when I run git branch -a I get the following result:

 remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/initial remotes/origin/initial remotes/origin/master 

Which basically confirms that HEAD points to the start.

Also note that I do not have direct access to the remote file system (since it is hosted on Visual Studio online).

In github.com, this is possible through the web portal, but I did not find a similar option in the online studio.

How can I change the remote repository to the next state?

 remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master 

Answer 1

In Web Access, navigate to the repository in question. From the repository drop-down list, select "Manage repositories ...":

On the left side of the repository management page, you can expand the repository to see the branches. Select the branch you want to make the default branch, right-click and select "Set as default branch."