@@ -301,7 +301,13 @@ def rev_parse(repo: "Repo", rev: str) -> AnyGitObject:
 
             # Handle type.
             if output_type == "commit":
-                pass  # Default.
+                obj = cast("TagObject", obj)
+                if obj and obj.type == "tag":
+                    obj = deref_tag(obj)
+                else:
+                    # Cannot do anything for non-tags.
+                    pass
+                # END handle tag
             elif output_type == "tree":
                 try:
                     obj = cast(AnyGitObject, obj)
 
@@ -1064,9 +1064,9 @@ def test_rev_parse(self):
         # TODO: Dereference tag into a blob 0.1.7^{blob} - quite a special one.
         # Needs a tag which points to a blob.
 
-        # ref^0 returns commit being pointed to, same with ref~0, and ^{}
+        # ref^0 returns commit being pointed to, same with ref~0, ^{}, and ^{commit}
         tag = rev_parse("0.1.4")
-        for token in ("~0", "^0", "^{}"):
+        for token in ("~0", "^0", "^{}", "^{commit}"):
             self.assertEqual(tag.object, rev_parse("0.1.4%s" % token))
         # END handle multiple tokens