Github Pages source options dropdown not appearing

Question

I have a static Angular site created for my github user site.

I have been following the github guide to choosing the source folder and I'm trying to use the /docs folder as a publishing source but there is no dropdown with the option to choose the /docs folder.

And the guide shows that there should be these options (from the github guide):

I have a master branch with a docs folder:

I have looked into the differences between user pages and project pages, and this is definetly a user page.

What am I missing? Why don't I have the option?

Answer 1

This is because the master branch is the only possible publishing source for a user site.

As per this help page (emphasis mine):

The default publishing source for user and organization sites is the master branch. If the repository for your user or organization site has a master branch, your site will publish automatically from that branch. You cannot choose a different publishing source for user or organization sites.

The option to select the docs/ folder is only for project sites.