+static void set_shortened_ref(struct strbuf *buf, const char *ref)
+{
+ char *s = shorten_unambiguous_ref(ref, 0);
+ strbuf_reset(buf);
+ strbuf_addstr(buf, s);
+ free(s);
+}
+
+static const char *get_upstream_branch(const char *branch_buf, int len)
+{
+ char *branch = xstrndup(branch_buf, len);
+ struct branch *upstream = branch_get(*branch ? branch : NULL);
+
+ /*
+ * Upstream can be NULL only if branch refers to HEAD and HEAD
+ * points to something different than a branch.
+ */
+ if (!upstream)
+ die(_("HEAD does not point to a branch"));
+ if (!upstream->merge || !upstream->merge[0]->dst) {
+ if (!ref_exists(upstream->refname))
+ die(_("No such branch: '%s'"), branch);
+ if (!upstream->merge) {
+ die(_("No upstream configured for branch '%s'"),
+ upstream->name);
+ }
+ die(
+ _("Upstream branch '%s' not stored as a remote-tracking branch"),
+ upstream->merge[0]->src);
+ }
+ free(branch);
+
+ return upstream->merge[0]->dst;
+}
+
+static int interpret_upstream_mark(const char *name, int namelen,
+ int at, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+ int len;
+
+ len = upstream_mark(name + at, namelen - at);
+ if (!len)
+ return -1;
+
+ set_shortened_ref(buf, get_upstream_branch(name, at));
+ return len + at;
+}
+