Make open upstream PRs easier to discover from a fork

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When working from a fork, it is not obvious from the fork repository that one of its branches already has an open pull request against the upstream repository.

The pull request is easy to find from the upstream repository, but much less visible from the fork side unless the user already knows the branch name or the exact PR URL.

This feels like a discoverability gap in the fork-based contribution workflow, especially for occasional contributors.

Possible improvements:

• Show a small indicator on the fork repository when it has one or more open upstream pull requests.
• Show an open PR badge beside branches in the fork when a branch is the head of an open upstream PR.
• Add a clearer link from the fork branch view to the corresponding upstream PR.

If there is already a built-in way to see this easily from the fork side, it is not obvious.

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