+    - |

+      # Determine the reference of the target branch in the local repository copy.

+      #

+      # 1. List all references in the local repository

+      # 2. Filter the references to the target branch

+      # 3. Remove tags

+      # 4. Keep a single line, in case there are too many matches

+      # 5. Clean up the output

+      # 6. Remove everything before the last two slashes, because the output is like `refs/heads/...` or `refs/remotes/...`

+      TARGET_BRANCH=$(git ls-remote local | grep ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH:-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME} |  grep -v 'refs/tags/' | awk '{print $2}' | tail -1 | sed 's|[^/]*/[^/]*/||')

+      if [ -z "$TARGET_BRANCH" ]; then

+          echo "Target branch $TARGET_BRANCH is not yet in local repository. Stopping the pipeline."

+          exit 1

+      fi

+    - git fetch --depth 500 local $TARGET_BRANCH

+      $TARGET_BRANCH = git ls-remote local | Select-String -Pattern $branchName | Select-String -Pattern -NotMatch 'refs/tags/' | Select-Object -Last 1 | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString().Split()[1] -replace '^[^/]*/[^/]*/', '' }

+      if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($TARGET_BRANCH)) {

+          Write-Output "Target branch $TARGET_BRANCH is not yet in local repository. Stopping the pipeline."

+          exit 1

+      }