diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-delete.md b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-delete.md
index b2b7c606..9ca29cdf 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-delete.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push-delete.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Finally, we can also delete branches with `git push`:
 ```
 $ git ls-remote rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi refs/heads/*
 145e1e69bef3ad93d14946ea212249c2fa9b9828	refs/heads/alice/1
+ddcc1f164eacfd7dba41da9bff3261da3ee79fd3	refs/heads/alice/2
 f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354	refs/heads/master
 ```
 
@@ -14,5 +15,6 @@ To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkE
 
 ```
 $ git ls-remote rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi refs/heads/*
+ddcc1f164eacfd7dba41da9bff3261da3ee79fd3	refs/heads/alice/2
 f2de534b5e81d7c6e2dcaf58c3dd91573c0a0354	refs/heads/master
 ```
diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push.md b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push.md
index 9abbaa9d..63263982 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-push.md
@@ -76,3 +76,15 @@ If you pass an unsupported push option, you get an error:
 $ git push -o alien rad HEAD:alice/2
 error: unknown push option "alien"
 ```
+
+We can also push a SHA-1:
+
+```
+$ git commit -m "Something good" --allow-empty -s
+[alice/1 ddcc1f1] Something good
+```
+``` (stderr)
+$ git push -o no-sync rad ddcc1f164eacfd7dba41da9bff3261da3ee79fd3:refs/heads/alice/2
+To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
+ * [new branch]      ddcc1f164eacfd7dba41da9bff3261da3ee79fd3 -> alice/2
+```
diff --git a/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs b/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
index b9834fe5..3a11c82d 100644
--- a/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
+++ b/radicle-remote-helper/src/push.rs
@@ -553,8 +553,18 @@ fn push<G: Signer>(
     patches: patch::Cache<patch::Patches<'_, storage::git::Repository>, cob::cache::StoreWriter>,
     signer: &G,
 ) -> Result<Option<ExplorerResource>, Error> {
-    let head = working.find_reference(src.as_str())?;
-    let head = head.peel_to_commit()?.id();
+    let head = match working.find_reference(src.as_str()) {
+        Ok(obj) => obj.peel_to_commit()?,
+        Err(e) => {
+            if let Ok(oid) = git::Oid::from_str(src.as_str()) {
+                working.find_commit(oid.into())?
+            } else {
+                return Err(e.into());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    .id();
+
     let dst = dst.with_namespace(nid.into());
     // It's ok for the destination reference to be unknown, eg. when pushing a new branch.
     let old = stored.backend.find_reference(dst.as_str()).ok();