diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d5bc80..91fe9b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixes [#1223](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1223) - commit pane, ${tips} does not show tags
 - Fixes [#1225](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1225) - Changes hover is wrong if the original/new line number doesn't match
 - Fixes [#1045](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1045) - View File History not working - absolute path used — thanks to [PR #1209](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/1209) by Mike Surcouf ([@mikes-gh](https://github.com/mikes-gh))
 - Fixes [#1087](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1087) - Error retrieving line history from UNC path — thanks to [PR #1209](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/1209) by Mike Surcouf ([@mikes-gh](https://github.com/mikes-gh))
diff --git a/src/git/parsers/tagParser.ts b/src/git/parsers/tagParser.ts
index be76740..4bf603e 100644
--- a/src/git/parsers/tagParser.ts
+++ b/src/git/parsers/tagParser.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const rb = '%3e'; // `%${'>'.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)}`;
 export class GitTagParser {
 	static defaultFormat = [
 		`${lb}n${rb}%(refname)`, // tag name
-		`${lb}r${rb}%(objectname)`, // ref
+		`${lb}r${rb}%(if)%(*objectname)%(then)%(*objectname)%(else)%(objectname)%(end)`, // ref
 		`${lb}d${rb}%(creatordate:iso8601)`, // created date
 		`${lb}ad${rb}%(authordate:iso8601)`, // author date
 		`${lb}s${rb}%(subject)`, // message