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NAME

gerrit set-head - Change a project’s HEAD.

SYNOPSIS

ssh -p <port> <host> gerrit set-head <NAME>
  --new-head <REF>

DESCRIPTION

Modifies a given project’s HEAD reference.

The command is argument-safe, that is, if no argument is given the previous settings are kept intact.

ACCESS

Caller must be an owner of the given project.

SCRIPTING

This command is intended to be used in scripts.

OPTIONS

• <NAME>
  Required; name of the project to change the HEAD. If name ends with .git the suffix will be automatically removed.

• --new-head
  Required; name of the ref that should be set as new HEAD. The refs/heads/ prefix can be omitted.

EXAMPLES

Change HEAD of project example to stable-2.11 branch:

    $ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit set-head example --new-head stable-2.11

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