diff --git a/swh/model/cli.py b/swh/model/cli.py
--- a/swh/model/cli.py
+++ b/swh/model/cli.py
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
             }
         else:
             branches[ref] = None
+
+    for ref, target in repo.refs.get_symrefs().items():
+        branches[ref] = {
+            'target': target,
+            'target_type': 'alias',
+        }
+
     snapshot = {'branches': branches}
 
     pid = pids.PersistentId(object_type='snapshot',
diff --git a/swh/model/tests/test_cli.py b/swh/model/tests/test_cli.py
--- a/swh/model/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/swh/model/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         super().setUp()
         self.runner = CliRunner()
 
-    def assertPidOK(self, result, pid):  # noqa: N802
+    def assertPidOK(self, result, pid):
         self.assertEqual(result.exit_code, 0)
         self.assertEqual(result.output.split()[0], pid)
 
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
                 repo_dir = os.path.join(d, 'sample-repo')
                 result = self.runner.invoke(cli.identify,
                                             ['--type', 'snapshot', repo_dir])
-                self.assertPidOK(result,
-                                 'swh:1:snp:9dc0fc035aabe293f5faf6c362a59513454a170d')  # NoQA
+                self.assertPidOK(
+                    result,
+                    'swh:1:snp:abc888898124270905a0ef3c67e872ce08e7e0c1')
 
     def test_origin_id(self):
         """identify an origin URL"""