1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/extracts_ref.rb b/lib/extracts_ref.rb
index 9799116038e..f22996df0a5 100644
--- a/lib/extracts_ref.rb
+++ b/lib/extracts_ref.rb
@@ -64,10 +64,16 @@ module ExtractsRef
   def assign_ref_vars
     @id, @ref, @path = extract_ref_path
     @repo = repository_container.repository
-
     raise InvalidPathError if @ref.match?(/\s/)
 
-    @commit = @repo.commit(@ref) if @ref.present?
+    return unless @ref.present?
+
+    @commit = if ref_type && Feature.enabled?(:use_ref_type_parameter, @repo.project)
+                @fully_qualified_ref = %(refs/#{ref_type}/#{@ref})
+                @repo.commit(@fully_qualified_ref)
+              else
+                @repo.commit(@ref)
+              end
   end
   # rubocop:enable Gitlab/ModuleWithInstanceVariables
 
@@ -82,6 +88,12 @@ module ExtractsRef
     [id, ref, path]
   end
 
+  def ref_type
+    return unless params[:ref_type].present?
+
+    params[:ref_type] == 'tags' ? 'tags' : 'heads'
+  end
+
   private
 
   def extract_raw_ref(id)