diff --git a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt
index b0d761282cd..32fad5bbe81 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt
@@ -59,15 +59,16 @@ uploadpack.allowFilter::
 
 uploadpackfilter.allow::
 	Provides a default value for unspecified object filters (see: the
-	below configuration variable).
+	below configuration variable). If set to `true`, this will also
+	enable all filters which get added in the future.
 	Defaults to `true`.
 
 uploadpackfilter.<filter>.allow::
 	Explicitly allow or ban the object filter corresponding to
 	`<filter>`, where `<filter>` may be one of: `blob:none`,
-	`blob:limit`, `tree`, `sparse:oid`, or `combine`. If using
-	combined filters, both `combine` and all of the nested filter
-	kinds must be allowed. Defaults to `uploadpackfilter.allow`.
+	`blob:limit`, `object:type`, `tree`, `sparse:oid`, or `combine`.
+	If using combined filters, both `combine` and all of the nested
+	filter kinds must be allowed. Defaults to `uploadpackfilter.allow`.
 
 uploadpackfilter.tree.maxDepth::
 	Only allow `--filter=tree:<n>` when `<n>` is no more than the value of
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index b1c8f86c6ef..5bf2a85f69d 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -892,6 +892,9 @@ or units.  n may be zero.  The suffixes k, m, and g can be used to name
 units in KiB, MiB, or GiB.  For example, 'blob:limit=1k' is the same
 as 'blob:limit=1024'.
 +
+The form '--filter=object:type=(tag|commit|tree|blob)' omits all objects
+which are not of the requested type.
++
 The form '--filter=sparse:oid=<blob-ish>' uses a sparse-checkout
 specification contained in the blob (or blob-expression) '<blob-ish>'
 to omit blobs that would not be not required for a sparse checkout on
@@ -930,6 +933,11 @@ equivalent.
 --no-filter::
 	Turn off any previous `--filter=` argument.
 
+--filter-provided-objects::
+	Filter the list of explicitly provided objects, which would otherwise
+	always be printed even if they did not match any of the filters. Only
+	useful with `--filter=`.
+
 --filter-print-omitted::
 	Only useful with `--filter=`; prints a list of the objects omitted
 	by the filter.  Object IDs are prefixed with a ``~'' character.
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 6d13cd3e1aa..a05091105a7 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ static int pack_options_allow_reuse(void)
 
 static int get_object_list_from_bitmap(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
-	if (!(bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, &filter_options)))
+	if (!(bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, &filter_options, 0)))
 		return -1;
 
 	if (pack_options_allow_reuse() &&
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index b4d8ea0a35b..7677b1af5a4 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ static inline int parse_missing_action_value(const char *value)
 }
 
 static int try_bitmap_count(struct rev_info *revs,
-			    struct list_objects_filter_options *filter)
+			    struct list_objects_filter_options *filter,
+			    int filter_provided_objects)
 {
 	uint32_t commit_count = 0,
 		 tag_count = 0,
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ static int try_bitmap_count(struct rev_info *revs,
 	 */
 	max_count = revs->max_count;
 
-	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, filter);
+	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, filter, filter_provided_objects);
 	if (!bitmap_git)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -450,7 +451,8 @@ static int try_bitmap_count(struct rev_info *revs,
 }
 
 static int try_bitmap_traversal(struct rev_info *revs,
-				struct list_objects_filter_options *filter)
+				struct list_objects_filter_options *filter,
+				int filter_provided_objects)
 {
 	struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git;
 
@@ -461,7 +463,7 @@ static int try_bitmap_traversal(struct rev_info *revs,
 	if (revs->max_count >= 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, filter);
+	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, filter, filter_provided_objects);
 	if (!bitmap_git)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -471,14 +473,15 @@ static int try_bitmap_traversal(struct rev_info *revs,
 }
 
 static int try_bitmap_disk_usage(struct rev_info *revs,
-				 struct list_objects_filter_options *filter)
+				 struct list_objects_filter_options *filter,
+				 int filter_provided_objects)
 {
 	struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git;
 
 	if (!show_disk_usage)
 		return -1;
 
-	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, filter);
+	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, filter, filter_provided_objects);
 	if (!bitmap_git)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -499,6 +502,7 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int bisect_show_vars = 0;
 	int bisect_find_all = 0;
 	int use_bitmap_index = 0;
+	int filter_provided_objects = 0;
 	const char *show_progress = NULL;
 
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
@@ -599,6 +603,10 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			list_objects_filter_set_no_filter(&filter_options);
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--filter-provided-objects")) {
+			filter_provided_objects = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--filter-print-omitted")) {
 			arg_print_omitted = 1;
 			continue;
@@ -665,11 +673,11 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		progress = start_delayed_progress(show_progress, 0);
 
 	if (use_bitmap_index) {
-		if (!try_bitmap_count(&revs, &filter_options))
+		if (!try_bitmap_count(&revs, &filter_options, filter_provided_objects))
 			return 0;
-		if (!try_bitmap_disk_usage(&revs, &filter_options))
+		if (!try_bitmap_disk_usage(&revs, &filter_options, filter_provided_objects))
 			return 0;
-		if (!try_bitmap_traversal(&revs, &filter_options))
+		if (!try_bitmap_traversal(&revs, &filter_options, filter_provided_objects))
 			return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -694,6 +702,16 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			return show_bisect_vars(&info, reaches, all);
 	}
 
+	if (filter_provided_objects) {
+		struct commit_list *c;
+		for (i = 0; i < revs.pending.nr; i++) {
+			struct object_array_entry *pending = revs.pending.objects + i;
+			pending->item->flags |= NOT_USER_GIVEN;
+		}
+		for (c = revs.commits; c; c = c->next)
+			c->item->object.flags |= NOT_USER_GIVEN;
+	}
+
 	if (arg_print_omitted)
 		oidset_init(&omitted_objects, DEFAULT_OIDSET_SIZE);
 	if (arg_missing_action == MA_PRINT)
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.c b/list-objects-filter-options.c
index d2d1c81caf3..96a605c8ade 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ const char *list_object_filter_config_name(enum list_objects_filter_choice c)
 		return "tree";
 	case LOFC_SPARSE_OID:
 		return "sparse:oid";
+	case LOFC_OBJECT_TYPE:
+		return "object:type";
 	case LOFC_COMBINE:
 		return "combine";
 	case LOFC__COUNT:
@@ -97,6 +99,19 @@ static int gently_parse_list_objects_filter(
 		}
 		return 1;
 
+	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "object:type=", &v0)) {
+		int type = type_from_string_gently(v0, strlen(v0), 1);
+		if (type < 0) {
+			strbuf_addf(errbuf, _("'%s' for 'object:type=<type>' is"
+					      "not a valid object type"), v0);
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		filter_options->object_type = type;
+		filter_options->choice = LOFC_OBJECT_TYPE;
+
+		return 0;
+
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "combine:", &v0)) {
 		return parse_combine_filter(filter_options, v0, errbuf);
 
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.h b/list-objects-filter-options.h
index 01767c3c968..da5b6737e27 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.h
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_OPTIONS_H
 #define LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER_OPTIONS_H
 
+#include "cache.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ enum list_objects_filter_choice {
 	LOFC_BLOB_LIMIT,
 	LOFC_TREE_DEPTH,
 	LOFC_SPARSE_OID,
+	LOFC_OBJECT_TYPE,
 	LOFC_COMBINE,
 	LOFC__COUNT /* must be last */
 };
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ struct list_objects_filter_options {
 	char *sparse_oid_name;
 	unsigned long blob_limit_value;
 	unsigned long tree_exclude_depth;
+	enum object_type object_type;
 
 	/* LOFC_COMBINE values */
 
diff --git a/list-objects-filter.c b/list-objects-filter.c
index 39e2f153336..1c1ee3d1bb1 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter.c
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_blobs_none(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		/* always include all tree objects */
@@ -173,6 +183,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_trees_depth(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_END_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		filter_data->current_depth--;
@@ -267,6 +287,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_blobs_limit(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		/* always include all tree objects */
@@ -371,6 +401,16 @@ static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_sparse(
 	default:
 		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
 
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		/* always include all tag objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		/* always include all commit objects */
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
 	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
 		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
 		dtype = DT_DIR;
@@ -505,6 +545,81 @@ static void filter_sparse_oid__init(
 	filter->free_fn = filter_sparse_free;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A filter for list-objects to omit large blobs.
+ * And to OPTIONALLY collect a list of the omitted OIDs.
+ */
+struct filter_object_type_data {
+	enum object_type object_type;
+};
+
+static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_object_type(
+	struct repository *r,
+	enum list_objects_filter_situation filter_situation,
+	struct object *obj,
+	const char *pathname,
+	const char *filename,
+	struct oidset *omits,
+	void *filter_data_)
+{
+	struct filter_object_type_data *filter_data = filter_data_;
+
+	switch (filter_situation) {
+	default:
+		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
+
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_TAG)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_COMMIT)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we only want to show commits or tags, then there is no
+		 * need to walk down trees.
+		 */
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_COMMIT ||
+		    filter_data->object_type == OBJ_TAG)
+			return LOFR_SKIP_TREE;
+
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_TREE)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_BLOB:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_BLOB);
+
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_BLOB)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_END_TREE:
+		return LOFR_ZERO;
+	}
+}
+
+static void filter_object_type__init(
+	struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options,
+	struct filter *filter)
+{
+	struct filter_object_type_data *d = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*d));
+	d->object_type = filter_options->object_type;
+
+	filter->filter_data = d;
+	filter->filter_object_fn = filter_object_type;
+	filter->free_fn = free;
+}
+
 /* A filter which only shows objects shown by all sub-filters. */
 struct combine_filter_data {
 	struct subfilter *sub;
@@ -651,6 +766,7 @@ static filter_init_fn s_filters[] = {
 	filter_blobs_limit__init,
 	filter_trees_depth__init,
 	filter_sparse_oid__init,
+	filter_object_type__init,
 	filter_combine__init,
 };
 
diff --git a/list-objects-filter.h b/list-objects-filter.h
index cfd784e203f..9e98814111c 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.h
+++ b/list-objects-filter.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ enum list_objects_filter_result {
 };
 
 enum list_objects_filter_situation {
+	LOFS_COMMIT,
+	LOFS_TAG,
 	LOFS_BEGIN_TREE,
 	LOFS_END_TREE,
 	LOFS_BLOB
diff --git a/list-objects.c b/list-objects.c
index e19589baa04..7f404677d54 100644
--- a/list-objects.c
+++ b/list-objects.c
@@ -213,6 +213,21 @@ static void process_tree(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 	free_tree_buffer(tree);
 }
 
+static void process_tag(struct traversal_context *ctx,
+			struct tag *tag,
+			const char *name)
+{
+	enum list_objects_filter_result r;
+
+	r = list_objects_filter__filter_object(ctx->revs->repo, LOFS_TAG,
+					       &tag->object, NULL, NULL,
+					       ctx->filter);
+	if (r & LOFR_MARK_SEEN)
+		tag->object.flags |= SEEN;
+	if (r & LOFR_DO_SHOW)
+		ctx->show_object(&tag->object, name, ctx->show_data);
+}
+
 static void mark_edge_parents_uninteresting(struct commit *commit,
 					    struct rev_info *revs,
 					    show_edge_fn show_edge)
@@ -334,8 +349,7 @@ static void traverse_trees_and_blobs(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 		if (obj->flags & (UNINTERESTING | SEEN))
 			continue;
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
-			obj->flags |= SEEN;
-			ctx->show_object(obj, name, ctx->show_data);
+			process_tag(ctx, (struct tag *)obj, name);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!path)
@@ -361,6 +375,12 @@ static void do_traverse(struct traversal_context *ctx)
 	strbuf_init(&csp, PATH_MAX);
 
 	while ((commit = get_revision(ctx->revs)) != NULL) {
+		enum list_objects_filter_result r;
+
+		r = list_objects_filter__filter_object(ctx->revs->repo,
+				LOFS_COMMIT, &commit->object,
+				NULL, NULL, ctx->filter);
+
 		/*
 		 * an uninteresting boundary commit may not have its tree
 		 * parsed yet, but we are not going to show them anyway
@@ -375,7 +395,11 @@ static void do_traverse(struct traversal_context *ctx)
 			die(_("unable to load root tree for commit %s"),
 			      oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
 		}
-		ctx->show_commit(commit, ctx->show_data);
+
+		if (r & LOFR_MARK_SEEN)
+			commit->object.flags |= SEEN;
+		if (r & LOFR_DO_SHOW)
+			ctx->show_commit(commit, ctx->show_data);
 
 		if (ctx->revs->tree_blobs_in_commit_order)
 			/*
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index 3ed15431cd5..6efea70ae75 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -780,9 +780,6 @@ static void filter_bitmap_exclude_type(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
 	eword_t mask;
 	uint32_t i;
 
-	if (type != OBJ_BLOB && type != OBJ_TREE)
-		BUG("filter_bitmap_exclude_type: unsupported type '%d'", type);
-
 	/*
 	 * The non-bitmap version of this filter never removes
 	 * objects which the other side specifically asked for,
@@ -912,6 +909,24 @@ static void filter_bitmap_tree_depth(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
 				   OBJ_BLOB);
 }
 
+static void filter_bitmap_object_type(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
+				      struct object_list *tip_objects,
+				      struct bitmap *to_filter,
+				      enum object_type object_type)
+{
+	if (object_type < OBJ_COMMIT || object_type > OBJ_TAG)
+		BUG("filter_bitmap_object_type given invalid object");
+
+	if (object_type != OBJ_TAG)
+		filter_bitmap_exclude_type(bitmap_git, tip_objects, to_filter, OBJ_TAG);
+	if (object_type != OBJ_COMMIT)
+		filter_bitmap_exclude_type(bitmap_git, tip_objects, to_filter, OBJ_COMMIT);
+	if (object_type != OBJ_TREE)
+		filter_bitmap_exclude_type(bitmap_git, tip_objects, to_filter, OBJ_TREE);
+	if (object_type != OBJ_BLOB)
+		filter_bitmap_exclude_type(bitmap_git, tip_objects, to_filter, OBJ_BLOB);
+}
+
 static int filter_bitmap(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
 			 struct object_list *tip_objects,
 			 struct bitmap *to_filter,
@@ -944,6 +959,24 @@ static int filter_bitmap(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (filter->choice == LOFC_OBJECT_TYPE) {
+		if (bitmap_git)
+			filter_bitmap_object_type(bitmap_git, tip_objects,
+						  to_filter,
+						  filter->object_type);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (filter->choice == LOFC_COMBINE) {
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < filter->sub_nr; i++) {
+			if (filter_bitmap(bitmap_git, tip_objects, to_filter,
+					  &filter->sub[i]) < 0)
+				return -1;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* filter choice not handled */
 	return -1;
 }
@@ -954,7 +987,8 @@ static int can_filter_bitmap(struct list_objects_filter_options *filter)
 }
 
 struct bitmap_index *prepare_bitmap_walk(struct rev_info *revs,
-					 struct list_objects_filter_options *filter)
+					 struct list_objects_filter_options *filter,
+					 int filter_provided_objects)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
@@ -1049,7 +1083,8 @@ struct bitmap_index *prepare_bitmap_walk(struct rev_info *revs,
 	if (haves_bitmap)
 		bitmap_and_not(wants_bitmap, haves_bitmap);
 
-	filter_bitmap(bitmap_git, wants, wants_bitmap, filter);
+	filter_bitmap(bitmap_git, (filter && filter_provided_objects) ? NULL : wants,
+		      wants_bitmap, filter);
 
 	bitmap_git->result = wants_bitmap;
 	bitmap_git->haves = haves_bitmap;
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.h b/pack-bitmap.h
index 78f2b3ff792..99d733eb264 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.h
+++ b/pack-bitmap.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ void traverse_bitmap_commit_list(struct bitmap_index *,
 void test_bitmap_walk(struct rev_info *revs);
 int test_bitmap_commits(struct repository *r);
 struct bitmap_index *prepare_bitmap_walk(struct rev_info *revs,
-					 struct list_objects_filter_options *filter);
+					 struct list_objects_filter_options *filter,
+					 int filter_provided_objects);
 int reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap(struct bitmap_index *,
 				       struct packed_git **packfile,
 				       uint32_t *entries,
diff --git a/reachable.c b/reachable.c
index 77a60c70a5d..fc833cae43b 100644
--- a/reachable.c
+++ b/reachable.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ void mark_reachable_objects(struct rev_info *revs, int mark_reflog,
 	cp.progress = progress;
 	cp.count = 0;
 
-	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, NULL);
+	bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, NULL, 0);
 	if (bitmap_git) {
 		traverse_bitmap_commit_list(bitmap_git, revs, mark_object_seen);
 		free_bitmap_index(bitmap_git);
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 4853c85d0b7..368211875c4 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ static int process_parents(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit,
 				mark_parents_uninteresting(p);
 			if (p->object.flags & SEEN)
 				continue;
-			p->object.flags |= SEEN;
+			p->object.flags |= (SEEN | NOT_USER_GIVEN);
 			if (list)
 				commit_list_insert_by_date(p, list);
 			if (queue)
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static int process_parents(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit,
 		}
 		p->object.flags |= left_flag;
 		if (!(p->object.flags & SEEN)) {
-			p->object.flags |= SEEN;
+			p->object.flags |= (SEEN | NOT_USER_GIVEN);
 			if (list)
 				commit_list_insert_by_date(p, list);
 			if (queue)
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index a24f72dcd15..93aa012f518 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@
 /*
  * Indicates object was reached by traversal. i.e. not given by user on
  * command-line or stdin.
- * NEEDSWORK: NOT_USER_GIVEN doesn't apply to commits because we only support
- * filtering trees and blobs, but it may be useful to support filtering commits
- * in the future.
  */
 #define NOT_USER_GIVEN	(1u<<25)
 #define TRACK_LINEAR	(1u<<26)
diff --git a/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh b/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
index 31457d13b9a..4ade105db38 100755
--- a/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
+++ b/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
@@ -159,6 +159,78 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=1m' '
 	test_must_be_empty observed
 '
 
+# Test object:type=<type> filter.
+
+test_expect_success 'setup object-type' '
+	test_create_repo object-type &&
+	test_commit --no-tag -C object-type message blob &&
+	git -C object-type tag tag -m tag-message
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type= fails with invalid type' '
+	test_must_fail git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type= HEAD &&
+	test_must_fail git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=invalid HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=blob prints blob and commit' '
+	git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD >expected &&
+	printf "%s blob\n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD:blob) >>expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=blob HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=tree prints tree and commit' '
+	(
+		git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD &&
+		printf "%s \n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD^{tree})
+	) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=tree HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=commit prints commit' '
+	git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=commit HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=tag prints tag' '
+	(
+		git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD &&
+		printf "%s tag\n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse tag)
+	) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=tag tag >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=blob prints only blob with --filter-provided-objects' '
+	printf "%s blob\n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD:blob) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects \
+		--filter=object:type=blob --filter-provided-objects HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=tree prints only tree with --filter-provided-objects' '
+	printf "%s \n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD^{tree}) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects \
+		--filter=object:type=tree HEAD --filter-provided-objects >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=commit prints only commit with --filter-provided-objects' '
+	git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects \
+		--filter=object:type=commit --filter-provided-objects HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=tag prints only tag with --filter-provided-objects' '
+	printf "%s tag\n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse tag) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects \
+		--filter=object:type=tag --filter-provided-objects tag >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 # Test sparse:path=<path> filter.
 # !!!!
 # NOTE: sparse:path filter support has been dropped for security reasons,
diff --git a/t/t6113-rev-list-bitmap-filters.sh b/t/t6113-rev-list-bitmap-filters.sh
index 3f889949ca1..4d8e09167e7 100755
--- a/t/t6113-rev-list-bitmap-filters.sh
+++ b/t/t6113-rev-list-bitmap-filters.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ test_expect_success 'set up bitmapped repo' '
 	test_commit much-larger-blob-one &&
 	git repack -adb &&
 	test_commit two &&
-	test_commit much-larger-blob-two
+	test_commit much-larger-blob-two &&
+	git tag tag
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'filters fallback to non-bitmap traversal' '
@@ -75,4 +76,69 @@ test_expect_success 'tree:1 filter' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'object:type filter' '
+	git rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=tag tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter=object:type=tag tag >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	git rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=commit tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter=object:type=commit tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual &&
+
+	git rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=tree tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter=object:type=tree tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual &&
+
+	git rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=blob tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter=object:type=blob tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'object:type filter with --filter-provided-objects' '
+	git rev-list --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=tag tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=tag tag >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	git rev-list --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=commit tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=commit tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual &&
+
+	git rev-list --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=tree tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=tree tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual &&
+
+	git rev-list --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=blob tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=object:type=blob tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'combine filter' '
+	git rev-list --objects --filter=blob:limit=1000 --filter=object:type=blob tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter=blob:limit=1000 --filter=object:type=blob tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'combine filter with --filter-provided-objects' '
+	git rev-list --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=blob:limit=1000 --filter=object:type=blob tag >expect &&
+	git rev-list --use-bitmap-index \
+		     --objects --filter-provided-objects --filter=blob:limit=1000 --filter=object:type=blob tag >actual &&
+	test_bitmap_traversal expect actual &&
+
+	git cat-file --batch-check="%(objecttype) %(objectsize)" <actual >objects &&
+	while read objecttype objectsize
+	do
+		test "$objecttype" = blob || return 1
+		test "$objectsize" -le 1000 || return 1
+	done <objects
+'
+
 test_done