diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index afd4006931e90f9ab00b3b1175ed515d94a5c951..03e725753cdf5026b6925fe687620edc22760fc7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ pages:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
   script:
-    - git checkout -b dev
+    - git tag | xargs git tag -d
+    - git branch | sed -e 's/..//' | grep '^release/' | while read b; do git branch -m "$b" "v${b#release/}"; done
+    - git branch -m main dev
     - mkdir public
     - cd docs
     - make versionedhtml
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index bb03034b441b36628690197d643e51cb2b3c484c..53c1d79aa83eb7bb4bd05ef3d179d3049630c07e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -68,8 +68,13 @@ html_context = {
     'theme_vcs_pageview_mode': "edit",
 }
 
-smv_tag_whitelist = r'^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$'
-smv_branch_whitelist = r'dev'
+smv_tag_whitelist = r'$^'
+smv_branch_whitelist = r'^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$|^dev$'
+
+if False:
+    # for local testing
+    smv_remote_whitelist = r'^origin$'
+    smv_branch_whitelist = r'^release/\d+\.\d+\.\d+$|^main$'
 
 def setup(app):
     tmpdir = "_build/mypystubs"