diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01a06fe..b32e614 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- Detect references to commits (#833)
 - Detect references in commit messages (#829)
 - Add commit authorship to the graph (#826)
 - Add `MentionsAuthor` edges to the graph (#808)
diff --git a/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/createGraph.test.js.snap b/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/createGraph.test.js.snap
index f4cea74..bdbae46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/createGraph.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/createGraph.test.js.snap
@@ -1669,6 +1669,48 @@ Array [
         "dstIndex": 30,
         "srcIndex": 26,
       },
+      Object {
+        "address": Array [
+          "sourcecred",
+          "github",
+          "REFERENCES",
+          "6",
+          "sourcecred",
+          "github",
+          "ISSUE",
+          "sourcecred",
+          "example-github",
+          "12",
+          "4",
+          "sourcecred",
+          "git",
+          "COMMIT",
+          "ec91adb718a6045b492303f00d8e8beb957dc780",
+        ],
+        "dstIndex": 4,
+        "srcIndex": 28,
+      },
+      Object {
+        "address": Array [
+          "sourcecred",
+          "github",
+          "REFERENCES",
+          "6",
+          "sourcecred",
+          "github",
+          "ISSUE",
+          "sourcecred",
+          "example-github",
+          "12",
+          "4",
+          "sourcecred",
+          "git",
+          "COMMIT",
+          "ecc889dc94cf6da17ae6eab5bb7b7155f577519d",
+        ],
+        "dstIndex": 5,
+        "srcIndex": 28,
+      },
       Object {
         "address": Array [
           "sourcecred",
diff --git a/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/relationalView.test.js.snap b/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/relationalView.test.js.snap
index d5c1c6c..c7233a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/relationalView.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/github/__snapshots__/relationalView.test.js.snap
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ Array [
     "from": "https://github.com/sourcecred/example-github/issues/10",
     "to": "https://github.com/sourcecred/example-github/issues/2",
   },
+  Object {
+    "from": "https://github.com/sourcecred/example-github/issues/12",
+    "to": "https://github.com/sourcecred/example-github/commit/ec91adb718a6045b492303f00d8e8beb957dc780",
+  },
+  Object {
+    "from": "https://github.com/sourcecred/example-github/issues/12",
+    "to": "https://github.com/sourcecred/example-github/commit/ecc889dc94cf6da17ae6eab5bb7b7155f577519d",
+  },
   Object {
     "from": "https://github.com/sourcecred/example-github/pull/5",
     "to": "https://github.com/wchargin",
diff --git a/src/plugins/github/graphView.js b/src/plugins/github/graphView.js
index 30e6519..11a7cd0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/github/graphView.js
+++ b/src/plugins/github/graphView.js
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ export class GraphView {
             GN.Prefix.review,
             GN.Prefix.comment,
             GN.Prefix.userlike,
+            GitNode.Prefix.commit,
           ]
         ),
         srcAccessor: (x) => GN.toRaw((x: any).referrer),
diff --git a/src/plugins/github/nodes.js b/src/plugins/github/nodes.js
index b1697bd..ee6f4ad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/github/nodes.js
+++ b/src/plugins/github/nodes.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export type ReferentAddress =
   | PullAddress
   | ReviewAddress
   | CommentAddress
+  | GitNode.CommitAddress
   | UserlikeAddress;
 
 // Each of these types is structurally the child of some
diff --git a/src/plugins/github/relationalView.js b/src/plugins/github/relationalView.js
index 55d990e..fead875 100644
--- a/src/plugins/github/relationalView.js
+++ b/src/plugins/github/relationalView.js
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export class RelationalView {
     yield* this.pulls();
     yield* this.reviews();
     yield* this.comments();
+    yield* this.commits();
     yield* this.userlikes();
   }
 
@@ -463,6 +464,9 @@ export class RelationalView {
           a
         );
       }
+      if (e instanceof Commit) {
+        refToAddress.set(e.address().hash, a);
+      }
     }
     for (const e of this.textContentEntities()) {
       const srcAddress = e.address();
@@ -589,6 +593,9 @@ export class RelationalView {
           case "COMMENT":
             entity = this.comment(address);
             break;
+          case "COMMIT":
+            entity = this.commit(address);
+            break;
           case "USERLIKE":
             entity = this.userlike(address);
             break;
@@ -882,6 +889,9 @@ export class Commit extends _Entity<CommitEntry> {
   references(): Iterator<ReferentEntity> {
     return this._view._references(this);
   }
+  referencedBy(): Iterator<TextContentEntity> {
+    return this._view._referencedBy(this);
+  }
 }
 
 type UserlikeEntry = {|
@@ -959,7 +969,14 @@ export type AuthoredEntity = Issue | Pull | Review | Comment | Commit;
 export type TextContentEntity = Issue | Pull | Review | Comment | Commit;
 export type ParentEntity = Repo | Issue | Pull | Review;
 export type ChildEntity = Issue | Pull | Review | Comment;
-export type ReferentEntity = Repo | Issue | Pull | Review | Comment | Userlike;
+export type ReferentEntity =
+  | Repo
+  | Issue
+  | Pull
+  | Review
+  | Comment
+  | Commit
+  | Userlike;
 
 export opaque type AddressEntryMapJSON<T> = {[N.RawAddress]: T};
 export opaque type RelationalViewJSON = Compatible<{|