diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 06208c4990..2e3e96f663 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ refname::
 	The name of the ref (the part after $GIT_DIR/).
 	For a non-ambiguous short name of the ref append `:short`.
 	The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
-	abbreviation mode.
+	abbreviation mode. If `strip=<N>` is appended, strips `<N>`
+	slash-separated path components from the front of the refname
+	(e.g., `%(refname:strip=2)` turns `refs/tags/foo` into `foo`.
+	`<N>` must be a positive integer.  If a displayed ref has fewer
+	components than `<N>`, the command aborts with an error.
 
 objecttype::
 	The type of the object (`blob`, `tree`, `commit`, `tag`).
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 7220e5eca1..abab4814ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
 	A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the object
 	pointed at by a ref being shown.  The format is the same as
 	that of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1].  When unspecified,
-	defaults to `%(refname:short)`.
+	defaults to `%(refname:strip=2)`.
 
 --[no-]merged [<commit>]::
 	Only list tags whose tips are reachable, or not reachable
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 8db8c87e57..1705c94665 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ static int list_tags(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting, con
 	if (!format) {
 		if (filter->lines) {
 			to_free = xstrfmt("%s %%(contents:lines=%d)",
-					  "%(align:15)%(refname:short)%(end)",
+					  "%(align:15)%(refname:strip=2)%(end)",
 					  filter->lines);
 			format = to_free;
 		} else
-			format = "%(refname:short)";
+			format = "%(refname:strip=2)";
 	}
 
 	verify_ref_format(format);
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 7bef7f8dac..f097176ed9 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -763,6 +763,29 @@ static inline char *copy_advance(char *dst, const char *src)
 	return dst;
 }
 
+static const char *strip_ref_components(const char *refname, const char *nr_arg)
+{
+	char *end;
+	long nr = strtol(nr_arg, &end, 10);
+	long remaining = nr;
+	const char *start = refname;
+
+	if (nr < 1 || *end != '\0')
+		die(":strip= requires a positive integer argument");
+
+	while (remaining) {
+		switch (*start++) {
+		case '\0':
+			die("ref '%s' does not have %ld components to :strip",
+			    refname, nr);
+		case '/':
+			remaining--;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return start;
+}
+
 /*
  * Parse the object referred by ref, and grab needed value.
  */
@@ -909,11 +932,14 @@ static void populate_value(struct ref_array_item *ref)
 		formatp = strchr(name, ':');
 		if (formatp) {
 			int num_ours, num_theirs;
+			const char *arg;
 
 			formatp++;
 			if (!strcmp(formatp, "short"))
 				refname = shorten_unambiguous_ref(refname,
 						      warn_ambiguous_refs);
+			else if (skip_prefix(formatp, "strip=", &arg))
+				refname = strip_ref_components(refname, arg);
 			else if (!strcmp(formatp, "track") &&
 				 (starts_with(name, "upstream") ||
 				  starts_with(name, "push"))) {
diff --git a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
index d3913f9088..4261403cf6 100755
--- a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
+++ b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
@@ -176,4 +176,12 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch --points-at option' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'ambiguous branch/tag not marked' '
+	git tag ambiguous &&
+	git branch ambiguous &&
+	echo "  ambiguous" >expect &&
+	git branch --list ambiguous >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
index 03873b09d1..19a2823025 100755
--- a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ test_atom() {
 }
 
 test_atom head refname refs/heads/master
+test_atom head refname:short master
+test_atom head refname:strip=1 heads/master
+test_atom head refname:strip=2 master
 test_atom head upstream refs/remotes/origin/master
+test_atom head upstream:short origin/master
 test_atom head push refs/remotes/myfork/master
+test_atom head push:short myfork/master
 test_atom head objecttype commit
 test_atom head objectsize 171
 test_atom head objectname $(git rev-parse refs/heads/master)
+test_atom head objectname:short $(git rev-parse --short refs/heads/master)
 test_atom head tree $(git rev-parse refs/heads/master^{tree})
 test_atom head parent ''
 test_atom head numparent 0
@@ -86,11 +92,13 @@ test_atom head contents 'Initial
 test_atom head HEAD '*'
 
 test_atom tag refname refs/tags/testtag
+test_atom tag refname:short testtag
 test_atom tag upstream ''
 test_atom tag push ''
 test_atom tag objecttype tag
 test_atom tag objectsize 154
 test_atom tag objectname $(git rev-parse refs/tags/testtag)
+test_atom tag objectname:short $(git rev-parse --short refs/tags/testtag)
 test_atom tag tree ''
 test_atom tag parent ''
 test_atom tag numparent ''
@@ -126,6 +134,16 @@ test_expect_success 'Check invalid atoms names are errors' '
 	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(INVALID)" refs/heads
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'arguments to :strip must be positive integers' '
+	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:strip=0)" &&
+	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:strip=-1)" &&
+	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:strip=foo)"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'stripping refnames too far gives an error' '
+	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:strip=3)"
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'Check format specifiers are ignored in naming date atoms' '
 	git for-each-ref --format="%(authordate)" refs/heads &&
 	git for-each-ref --format="%(authordate:default) %(authordate)" refs/heads &&
@@ -338,47 +356,14 @@ for i in "--perl --shell" "-s --python" "--python --tcl" "--tcl --perl"; do
 	"
 done
 
-cat >expected <<\EOF
-master
-testtag
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'Check short refname format' '
-	(git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:short)" refs/heads &&
-	git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:short)" refs/tags) >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected actual
-'
-
-cat >expected <<EOF
-origin/master
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'Check short upstream format' '
-	git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" refs/heads >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'setup for upstream:track[short]' '
 	test_commit two
 '
 
-cat >expected <<EOF
-[ahead 1]
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'Check upstream:track format' '
-	git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:track)" refs/heads >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected actual
-'
-
-cat >expected <<EOF
->
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'Check upstream:trackshort format' '
-	git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:trackshort)" refs/heads >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected actual
-'
+test_atom head upstream:track '[ahead 1]'
+test_atom head upstream:trackshort '>'
+test_atom head push:track '[ahead 1]'
+test_atom head push:trackshort '>'
 
 test_expect_success 'Check that :track[short] cannot be used with other atoms' '
 	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:track)" 2>/dev/null &&
@@ -398,21 +383,6 @@ test_expect_success 'Check that :track[short] works when upstream is invalid' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success '%(push) supports tracking specifiers, too' '
-	echo "[ahead 1]" >expected &&
-	git for-each-ref --format="%(push:track)" refs/heads >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected actual
-'
-
-cat >expected <<EOF
-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'Check short objectname format' '
-	git for-each-ref --format="%(objectname:short)" refs/heads >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'Check for invalid refname format' '
 	test_must_fail git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:INVALID)"
 '
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index 2797f22530..cf3469b142 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -1558,4 +1558,12 @@ test_expect_success '--no-merged show unmerged tags' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'ambiguous branch/tags not marked' '
+	git tag ambiguous &&
+	git branch ambiguous &&
+	echo ambiguous >expect &&
+	git tag -l ambiguous >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done