We use Gitolite for access control and i have admin access on Git server. I wanted to make sure that whenever a new repository is created and is then cloned on any machine, the default branch should point to mainline. To do this, when I run the repository creation script, i change the content of file HEAD of a given repository to point to mainline i.e., default entry of “ref: refs/heads/master” in file HEAD is changed to “ref: refs/heads/mainline”. For example, if "work" is the repository name, then on Git server, [gitolite@gitserver repositories]$ cd work.git/ [gitolite@gitserver work.git]$ cat HEAD ref: refs/heads/mainline If i now clone the repository on my local machine, then the default branch should be pointing to mainline and not master. However, the issue is that it still points to master. Am I /wrong/ in assuming that changing the entry in file HEAD for a given repository on Git server will change the default branch while cloning? If I’m wrong, can anyone please tell me how can I enforce this change on the /server/ side correctly? -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Change-default-branch-name-server-side-while-cloning-a-repository-tp7627964.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html