diff --git a/src/commit_templater.rs b/src/commit_templater.rs
index eb291edf2..63cc777a6 100644
--- a/src/commit_templater.rs
+++ b/src/commit_templater.rs
@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ pub fn parse<'repo>(
     aliases_map: &TemplateAliasesMap,
 ) -> TemplateParseResult<Box<dyn Template<Commit> + 'repo>> {
     let language = CommitTemplateLanguage { repo, workspace_id };
-    let node = template_parser::parse_template(template_text)?;
-    let node = template_parser::expand_aliases(node, aliases_map)?;
+    let node = template_parser::parse(template_text, aliases_map)?;
     let expression = template_parser::build_expression(&language, &node)?;
     Ok(expression.into_template())
 }
diff --git a/src/operation_templater.rs b/src/operation_templater.rs
index 24f56185a..878818ba2 100644
--- a/src/operation_templater.rs
+++ b/src/operation_templater.rs
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ pub fn parse(
 ) -> TemplateParseResult<Box<dyn Template<Operation>>> {
     let head_op_id = repo.op_id();
     let language = OperationTemplateLanguage { head_op_id };
-    let node = template_parser::parse_template(template_text)?;
-    let node = template_parser::expand_aliases(node, aliases_map)?;
+    let node = template_parser::parse(template_text, aliases_map)?;
     let expression = template_parser::build_expression(&language, &node)?;
     Ok(expression.into_template())
 }
diff --git a/src/template_parser.rs b/src/template_parser.rs
index e040ca1ee..3270c1390 100644
--- a/src/template_parser.rs
+++ b/src/template_parser.rs
@@ -587,6 +587,17 @@ pub fn expand_aliases<'i>(
     expand_node(node, state)
 }
 
+/// Parses text into AST nodes, and expands aliases.
+///
+/// No type/name checking is made at this stage.
+pub fn parse<'i>(
+    template_text: &'i str,
+    aliases_map: &'i TemplateAliasesMap,
+) -> TemplateParseResult<ExpressionNode<'i>> {
+    let node = parse_template(template_text)?;
+    expand_aliases(node, aliases_map)
+}
+
 /// Callbacks to build language-specific evaluation objects from AST nodes.
 pub trait TemplateLanguage<'a> {
     type Context: 'a;
@@ -1195,8 +1206,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     impl WithTemplateAliasesMap {
         fn parse<'i>(&'i self, template_text: &'i str) -> TemplateParseResult<ExpressionNode<'i>> {
-            let node = parse_template(template_text)?;
-            expand_aliases(node, &self.0)
+            parse(template_text, &self.0)
         }
 
         fn parse_normalized<'i>(