Programmatically set default branch name for new Azure repositories

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With recent changes introduced in Azure repositories the default branch name will be changed to "main" instead of "master". However Microsoft provided a feature to set the default branch name for the repositories which will be created in the future.

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This feature can be easily turn on/off using the web ui. But I need to toggle this feature programmatically (using REST API or CLI) While browsing through the REST API documentation I didn't find a way to achieve this. Is there a way to get this done?

Analyzing the backend API call I found this, https://dev.azure.com/{organization_name}/{project_id}/_api/_versioncontrol/UpdateRepositoryOption?__v=5&repositoryId=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 But unable to send the request via postman or curl.

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Well, this is not public API I think and even if you try to send you may not be able to overcome security checks. I tired and I got error message

The required anti-forgery cookie "__RequestVerificationToken" is not present. Ensure that cookies

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You may create a feature request to make this avialble over REST API here. But, for the moment you are forced to do it manually.

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Agree with Krzysztof Madej.

Test with the backend API to change the Repo Settings(New)/Options(Old), I get the same issue.

The required anti-forgery cookie "__RequestVerificationToken" is not present. Ensure that cookies are enabled in your browser.

This is a ticket with a similar problem.

The product group confirms that there is no workaround for this issue. It is indeed a security check.

When encountering this problem, it shows that this API cannot be called outside of a Azure Devops web page.

I am afraid that there is no API/CLI to achieve your requirement, you can only achieve it through the UI page for the time being.

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