diff --git a/src/git/models/commit.ts b/src/git/models/commit.ts
index 144fbfb..d4851f3 100644
--- a/src/git/models/commit.ts
+++ b/src/git/models/commit.ts
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ export abstract class GitCommit implements GitRevisionReference {
 	}
 
 	static isOfRefType(commit: GitReference | undefined) {
-		return commit?.refType === 'revision';
+		return commit?.refType === 'revision' || commit?.refType === 'stash';
 	}
 
-	readonly refType = 'revision';
+	readonly refType: GitRevisionReference['refType'] = 'revision';
 
 	constructor(
 		public readonly type: GitCommitType,
diff --git a/src/git/models/logCommit.ts b/src/git/models/logCommit.ts
index 35ed79b..b533b8e 100644
--- a/src/git/models/logCommit.ts
+++ b/src/git/models/logCommit.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 import { Uri } from 'vscode';
-import { memoize, Strings } from '../../system';
-import { GitUri } from '../gitUri';
 import { GitCommit, GitCommitType } from './commit';
 import { GitFile, GitFileStatus } from './file';
+import { GitUri } from '../gitUri';
+import { GitReference } from './models';
+import { memoize, Strings } from '../../system';
 
 const emptyStats = Object.freeze({
 	added: 0,
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ export interface GitLogCommitLine {
 }
 
 export class GitLogCommit extends GitCommit {
+	static isOfRefType(commit: GitReference | undefined) {
+		return commit?.refType === 'revision';
+	}
+
 	static is(commit: any): commit is GitLogCommit {
 		return (
 			commit instanceof GitLogCommit
diff --git a/src/git/models/models.ts b/src/git/models/models.ts
index 62e219f..b9903e8 100644
--- a/src/git/models/models.ts
+++ b/src/git/models/models.ts
@@ -101,16 +101,17 @@ export interface GitBranchReference {
 }
 
 export interface GitRevisionReference {
-	readonly refType: 'revision';
+	readonly refType: 'revision' | 'stash';
 	name: string;
 	ref: string;
 	repoPath: string;
 
+	number?: string | undefined;
 	message?: string;
 }
 
 export interface GitStashReference {
-	readonly refType: 'revision';
+	readonly refType: 'stash';
 	name: string;
 	ref: string;
 	repoPath: string;
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ export namespace GitReference {
 				return {
 					name: options.name,
 					ref: ref,
-					refType: 'revision',
+					refType: 'stash',
 					repoPath: repoPath,
 					number: options.number,
 					message: options.message,
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ export namespace GitReference {
 	}
 
 	export function isStash(ref: GitReference | undefined): ref is GitStashReference {
-		return ref?.refType === 'revision' && (ref as any)?.stashName;
+		return ref?.refType === 'stash' || (ref?.refType === 'revision' && (ref as any)?.stashName);
 	}
 
 	export function isTag(ref: GitReference | undefined): ref is GitTagReference {
diff --git a/src/git/models/stashCommit.ts b/src/git/models/stashCommit.ts
index e27c1c5..9c808c2 100644
--- a/src/git/models/stashCommit.ts
+++ b/src/git/models/stashCommit.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 import { GitCommitType } from './commit';
 import { GitFile } from './file';
 import { GitLogCommit } from './logCommit';
+import { GitReference } from './models';
 import { memoize } from '../../system';
 
 const stashNumberRegex = /stash@{(\d+)}/;
 
 export class GitStashCommit extends GitLogCommit {
+	static isOfRefType(commit: GitReference | undefined) {
+		return commit?.refType === 'stash';
+	}
+
 	static is(commit: any): commit is GitStashCommit {
 		return (
 			commit instanceof GitStashCommit
@@ -16,6 +21,8 @@ export class GitStashCommit extends GitLogCommit {
 		);
 	}
 
+	readonly refType = 'stash';
+
 	constructor(
 		type: GitCommitType,
 		public readonly stashName: string,
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/branchNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/branchNode.ts
index 5effe1c..ed9ff99 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/branchNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/branchNode.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState } from 'vscode';
 import { ViewBranchesLayout } from '../../configuration';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../../constants';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
-import { BranchDateFormatting, GitBranch, GitLog, GitRemoteType } from '../../git/git';
+import { BranchDateFormatting, GitBranch, GitBranchReference, GitLog, GitRemoteType } from '../../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
 import { debug, gate, Iterables, log, Strings } from '../../system';
 import { RepositoriesView } from '../repositoriesView';
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { insertDateMarkers } from './helpers';
 import { PageableViewNode, ResourceType, ViewNode, ViewRefNode } from './viewNode';
 import { RepositoryNode } from './repositoryNode';
 
-export class BranchNode extends ViewRefNode<RepositoriesView> implements PageableViewNode {
+export class BranchNode extends ViewRefNode<RepositoriesView, GitBranchReference> implements PageableViewNode {
 	static key = ':branch';
 	static getId(repoPath: string, name: string, root: boolean): string {
 		return `${RepositoryNode.getId(repoPath)}${this.key}(${name})${root ? ':root' : ''}`;
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export class BranchNode extends ViewRefNode<RepositoriesView> implements Pageabl
 			: this.branch.getBasename();
 	}
 
-	get ref(): string {
-		return this.branch.ref;
+	get ref(): GitBranchReference {
+		return this.branch;
 	}
 
 	get treeHierarchy(): string[] {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export class BranchNode extends ViewRefNode<RepositoriesView> implements Pageabl
 		if (this._log === undefined) {
 			this._log = await Container.git.getLog(this.uri.repoPath!, {
 				limit: this.limit ?? this.view.config.defaultItemLimit,
-				ref: this.ref,
+				ref: this.ref.ref,
 			});
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts
index 45057ca..0b4c235 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/commitFileNode.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Command, Selection, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState } from 'vscode';
 import { Commands, DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs } from '../../commands';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../../constants';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
-import { CommitFormatter, GitFile, GitLogCommit, StatusFileFormatter } from '../../git/git';
+import { CommitFormatter, GitFile, GitLogCommit, GitRevisionReference, StatusFileFormatter } from '../../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
 import { View } from '../viewBase';
 import { ResourceType, ViewNode, ViewRefFileNode } from './viewNode';
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export class CommitFileNode extends ViewRefFileNode {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	get ref(): string {
-		return this.commit.sha;
+	get ref(): GitRevisionReference {
+		return this.commit;
 	}
 
 	getChildren(): ViewNode[] {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/commitNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/commitNode.ts
index 2bdca88..73e95ed 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/commitNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/commitNode.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import { Commands, DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs } from '../../commands';
 import { ViewFilesLayout } from '../../configuration';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../../constants';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
-import { CommitFormatter, GitBranch, GitLogCommit } from '../../git/git';
+import { CommitFormatter, GitBranch, GitLogCommit, GitRevisionReference } from '../../git/git';
 import { Arrays, Iterables, Strings } from '../../system';
 import { ViewWithFiles } from '../viewBase';
 import { CommitFileNode } from './commitFileNode';
 import { FileNode, FolderNode } from './folderNode';
 import { ResourceType, ViewNode, ViewRefNode } from './viewNode';
 
-export class CommitNode extends ViewRefNode<ViewWithFiles> {
+export class CommitNode extends ViewRefNode<ViewWithFiles, GitRevisionReference> {
 	constructor(
 		view: ViewWithFiles,
 		parent: ViewNode,
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export class CommitNode extends ViewRefNode<ViewWithFiles> {
 		return this.commit.sha;
 	}
 
-	get ref(): string {
-		return this.commit.sha;
+	get ref(): GitRevisionReference {
+		return this.commit;
 	}
 
 	getChildren(): ViewNode[] {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/resultsFileNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/resultsFileNode.ts
index 8ce9ca8..415d3af 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/resultsFileNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/resultsFileNode.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as paths from 'path';
 import { Command, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState } from 'vscode';
 import { Commands, DiffWithCommandArgs } from '../../commands';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
-import { GitFile, StatusFileFormatter } from '../../git/git';
+import { GitFile, GitReference, GitRevisionReference, StatusFileFormatter } from '../../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
 import { View } from '../viewBase';
 import { ResourceType, ViewNode, ViewRefFileNode } from './viewNode';
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export class ResultsFileNode extends ViewRefFileNode {
 		return this.file.fileName;
 	}
 
-	get ref() {
-		return this.ref1 || this.ref2;
+	get ref(): GitRevisionReference {
+		return GitReference.create(this.ref1 || this.ref2, this.uri.repoPath!);
 	}
 
 	getChildren(): ViewNode[] {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/stashNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/stashNode.ts
index 495f647..1b63125 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/stashNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/stashNode.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import * as paths from 'path';
 import { TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState } from 'vscode';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
-import { CommitFormatter, GitStashCommit } from '../../git/git';
+import { CommitFormatter, GitStashCommit, GitStashReference } from '../../git/git';
 import { Arrays, Iterables, Strings } from '../../system';
 import { ViewWithFiles } from '../viewBase';
 import { StashFileNode } from './stashFileNode';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { RepositoryNode } from './repositoryNode';
 import { FileNode, FolderNode } from '../nodes';
 import { ViewFilesLayout } from '../../config';
 
-export class StashNode extends ViewRefNode<ViewWithFiles> {
+export class StashNode extends ViewRefNode<ViewWithFiles, GitStashReference> {
 	static key = ':stash';
 	static getId(repoPath: string, ref: string): string {
 		return `${RepositoryNode.getId(repoPath)}${this.key}(${ref})`;
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ export class StashNode extends ViewRefNode<ViewWithFiles> {
 		return StashNode.getId(this.commit.repoPath, this.commit.sha);
 	}
 
-	get ref(): string {
-		return this.commit.sha;
+	get ref(): GitStashReference {
+		return this.commit;
 	}
 
 	async getChildren(): Promise<ViewNode[]> {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/tagNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/tagNode.ts
index 6e54fde..c335a3d 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/tagNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/tagNode.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState } from 'vscode';
 import { ViewBranchesLayout } from '../../configuration';
 import { Container } from '../../container';
-import { GitLog, GitRevision, GitTag, TagDateFormatting } from '../../git/git';
+import { GitLog, GitRevision, GitTag, GitTagReference, TagDateFormatting } from '../../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
 import { debug, gate, Iterables, Strings } from '../../system';
 import { RepositoriesView } from '../repositoriesView';
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { emojify } from '../../emojis';
 import { RepositoryNode } from './repositoryNode';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../../constants';
 
-export class TagNode extends ViewRefNode<RepositoriesView> implements PageableViewNode {
+export class TagNode extends ViewRefNode<RepositoriesView, GitTagReference> implements PageableViewNode {
 	static key = ':tag';
 	static getId(repoPath: string, name: string): string {
 		return `${RepositoryNode.getId(repoPath)}${this.key}(${name})`;
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export class TagNode extends ViewRefNode<RepositoriesView> implements PageableVi
 		return this.view.config.branches.layout === ViewBranchesLayout.Tree ? this.tag.getBasename() : this.tag.name;
 	}
 
-	get ref(): string {
-		return this.tag.name;
+	get ref(): GitTagReference {
+		return this.tag;
 	}
 
 	async getChildren(): Promise<ViewNode[]> {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts
index 5a79e09..34a8b5d 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 import { Command, Disposable, Event, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState, TreeViewVisibilityChangeEvent } from 'vscode';
-import { GitFile } from '../../git/git';
+import { GitFile, GitReference, GitRevisionReference } from '../../git/git';
 import { GitUri } from '../../git/gitUri';
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
 import { debug, Functions, gate, logName } from '../../system';
@@ -98,19 +98,22 @@ export abstract class ViewNode<TView extends View = View> {
 	}
 }
 
-export abstract class ViewRefNode<TView extends View = View> extends ViewNode<TView> {
-	abstract get ref(): string;
+export abstract class ViewRefNode<
+	TView extends View = View,
+	TReference extends GitReference = GitReference
+> extends ViewNode<TView> {
+	abstract get ref(): TReference;
 
 	get repoPath(): string {
 		return this.uri.repoPath!;
 	}
 
 	toString() {
-		return `${super.toString()}:${this.ref}`;
+		return `${super.toString()}:${GitReference.toString(this.ref, false)}`;
 	}
 }
 
-export abstract class ViewRefFileNode<TView extends View = View> extends ViewRefNode<TView> {
+export abstract class ViewRefFileNode<TView extends View = View> extends ViewRefNode<TView, GitRevisionReference> {
 	abstract get file(): GitFile;
 	abstract get fileName(): string;
 
diff --git a/src/views/viewCommands.ts b/src/views/viewCommands.ts
index 1234e78..7389e3e 100644
--- a/src/views/viewCommands.ts
+++ b/src/views/viewCommands.ts
@@ -197,16 +197,16 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 			);
 		}
 
-		if (node.ref == null || node.ref === 'HEAD') return Promise.resolve();
+		if (node.ref == null || node.ref.ref === 'HEAD') return Promise.resolve();
 
-		return GitActions.Commit.applyChanges(node.file, GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath));
+		return GitActions.Commit.applyChanges(node.file, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
 	private cherryPick(node: CommitNode) {
 		if (!(node instanceof CommitNode)) return Promise.resolve();
 
-		return GitActions.cherryPick(node.repoPath, GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath));
+		return GitActions.cherryPick(node.repoPath, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
@@ -237,17 +237,14 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 	private createBranch(node: ViewRefNode) {
 		if (!(node instanceof ViewRefNode)) return Promise.resolve();
 
-		return GitActions.Branch.create(
-			node.repoPath,
-			node instanceof BranchNode ? node.branch : GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath),
-		);
+		return GitActions.Branch.create(node.repoPath, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
 	private createTag(node: ViewRefNode) {
 		if (!(node instanceof ViewRefNode)) return Promise.resolve();
 
-		return GitActions.Tag.create(node.repoPath, GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath));
+		return GitActions.Tag.create(node.repoPath, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
@@ -300,7 +297,7 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 		void (await Container.fileAnnotations.toggle(
 			window.activeTextEditor,
 			FileAnnotationType.Changes,
-			node.ref,
+			node.ref.ref,
 			true,
 		));
 	}
@@ -319,7 +316,7 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 		void (await Container.fileAnnotations.toggle(
 			window.activeTextEditor,
 			FileAnnotationType.Changes,
-			node.ref,
+			node.ref.ref,
 			true,
 		));
 	}
@@ -378,14 +375,7 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 			return Promise.resolve();
 		}
 
-		return GitActions.rebase(
-			node.repoPath,
-			node instanceof CommitNode
-				? GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath)
-				: node instanceof BranchNode
-				? node.branch
-				: node.tag,
-		);
+		return GitActions.rebase(node.repoPath, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
@@ -416,21 +406,21 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 	private reset(node: CommitNode) {
 		if (!(node instanceof CommitNode)) return Promise.resolve();
 
-		return GitActions.reset(node.repoPath, GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath));
+		return GitActions.reset(node.repoPath, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
 	private restore(node: ViewRefFileNode) {
 		if (!(node instanceof ViewRefFileNode)) return Promise.resolve();
 
-		return GitActions.Commit.restoreFile(node.fileName, GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath));
+		return GitActions.Commit.restoreFile(node.fileName, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
 	private revert(node: CommitNode) {
 		if (!(node instanceof CommitNode)) return Promise.resolve();
 
-		return GitActions.revert(node.repoPath, GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath));
+		return GitActions.revert(node.repoPath, node.ref);
 	}
 
 	@debug()
@@ -476,13 +466,7 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 
 		return GitActions.switchTo(
 			node.repoPath,
-			node instanceof BranchNode
-				? node.branch.current
-					? undefined
-					: node.branch
-				: node instanceof TagNode
-				? node.tag
-				: GitReference.create(node.ref, node.repoPath),
+			node instanceof BranchNode && node.branch.current ? undefined : node.ref,
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -545,12 +529,12 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 		const branch = await Container.git.getBranch(node.repoPath);
 		if (branch == null) return undefined;
 
-		const commonAncestor = await Container.git.getMergeBase(node.repoPath, branch.ref, node.ref);
+		const commonAncestor = await Container.git.getMergeBase(node.repoPath, branch.ref, node.ref.ref);
 		if (commonAncestor == null) return undefined;
 
 		return Container.compareView.compare(
 			node.repoPath,
-			{ ref: commonAncestor, label: `ancestry with ${node.ref} (${GitRevision.shorten(commonAncestor)})` },
+			{ ref: commonAncestor, label: `ancestry with ${node.ref.ref} (${GitRevision.shorten(commonAncestor)})` },
 			'',
 		);
 	}
@@ -592,7 +576,7 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 				uri: selected.uri!,
 			},
 			rhs: {
-				sha: node.ref,
+				sha: node.ref.ref,
 				uri: node.uri,
 			},
 		});
@@ -605,7 +589,7 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 		if (!(node instanceof ViewRefFileNode) || node.ref == null) return;
 
 		this._selectedFile = {
-			ref: node.ref,
+			ref: node.ref.ref,
 			repoPath: node.repoPath,
 			uri: node.uri,
 		};
@@ -746,7 +730,7 @@ export class ViewCommands {
 			});
 		}
 
-		return GitActions.Commit.openChangesWithWorking(node.file, { repoPath: node.repoPath, ref: node.ref });
+		return GitActions.Commit.openChangesWithWorking(node.file, { repoPath: node.repoPath, ref: node.ref.ref });
 	}
 
 	@debug()