diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts
index 25115bab26..7e31b4e8e1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ GitHub App 	token	          'x-access-token'
 BitBucket	  'x-token-auth'	token
 GitLab      'oauth2'	      token
 From : https://isomorphic-git.org/docs/en/onAuth
+
+Azure       'notempty'      token
 */
 class SCM {
   constructor(
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/scm/index.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/scm/index.ts
index 76af535fd0..83a59310cd 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/scm/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/scm/index.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-export * as Git from './git';
+import * as Git from './git';
+
+export { Git };
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/azure.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/azure.ts
index 1e962bf223..16956cc8fb 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/azure.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/azure.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 import { PublisherBase, PublisherOptions, PublisherResult } from './types';
 import { GitApi } from 'azure-devops-node-api/GitApi';
+import { Git } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { GitRepositoryCreateOptions } from 'azure-devops-node-api/interfaces/GitInterfaces';
-import { pushToRemoteUserPass } from './helpers';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/config';
 import { RequiredTemplateValues } from '../templater';
 
@@ -33,11 +33,28 @@ export class AzurePublisher implements PublisherBase {
   async publish({
     values,
     directory,
+    logger,
   }: PublisherOptions): Promise<PublisherResult> {
     const remoteUrl = await this.createRemote(values);
-    await pushToRemoteUserPass(directory, remoteUrl, 'notempty', this.token);
     const catalogInfoUrl = `${remoteUrl}?path=%2Fcatalog-info.yaml`;
 
+    const git = Git.fromAuth({
+      username: 'notempty',
+      password: this.token,
+      logger,
+    });
+
+    await git.addRemote({
+      dir: directory,
+      url: remoteUrl,
+      remoteName: 'origin',
+    });
+
+    await git.push({
+      dir: directory,
+      remoteName: 'origin',
+    });
+
     return { remoteUrl, catalogInfoUrl };
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/gitlab.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/gitlab.ts
index 4fae8e8a5c..32b203bf51 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/gitlab.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/gitlab.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { PublisherBase, PublisherOptions, PublisherResult } from './types';
 import { Gitlab } from '@gitbeaker/core';
-import { pushToRemoteUserPass } from './helpers';
+import { Git } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/config';
 import { RequiredTemplateValues } from '../templater';
 
@@ -32,9 +32,26 @@ export class GitlabPublisher implements PublisherBase {
   async publish({
     values,
     directory,
+    logger,
   }: PublisherOptions): Promise<PublisherResult> {
     const remoteUrl = await this.createRemote(values);
-    await pushToRemoteUserPass(directory, remoteUrl, 'oauth2', this.token);
+
+    const git = Git.fromAuth({
+      password: this.token,
+      username: 'oauth2',
+      logger,
+    });
+
+    await git.addRemote({
+      dir: directory,
+      url: remoteUrl,
+      remoteName: 'origin',
+    });
+
+    await git.push({
+      dir: directory,
+      remoteName: 'origin',
+    });
 
     return { remoteUrl };
   }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/helpers.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dcf3fdee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import git from 'isomorphic-git';
+import globby from 'globby';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import http from 'isomorphic-git/http/node';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
+/*
+username	password
+GitHub	| token	'x-oauth-basic'
+GitHub App |	token	'x-access-token'
+BitBucket	| 'x-token-auth'	token
+GitLab	| 'oauth2'	token
+From : https://isomorphic-git.org/docs/en/onAuth
+*/
+export async function push(
+  dir: string,
+  remote: string,
+  logger: Logger,
+  auth: { username: string; password: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  logger.info('Initializing Git Repo', dir);
+  await git.init({
+    fs,
+    dir,
+  });
+
+  const paths = await globby(['./**', './**/.*'], {
+    cwd: dir,
+    gitignore: true,
+  });
+
+  logger.info('Adding files to repository', dir);
+  for (const filepath of paths) {
+    await git.add({ fs, dir, filepath });
+  }
+
+  logger.info('Creating commit', dir);
+  await git.commit({
+    fs,
+    dir,
+    message: 'Initial commit',
+    author: { name: 'Scaffolder', email: 'scaffolder@backstage.io' },
+    committer: { name: 'Scaffolder', email: 'scaffolder@backstage.io' },
+  });
+
+  await git.addRemote({
+    fs,
+    dir,
+    remote: 'origin',
+    url: remote,
+  });
+
+  logger.info('Pushing code to remote', remote);
+  await git.push({
+    fs,
+    dir,
+    http,
+    headers: {
+      'user-agent': 'git/@isomorphic-git',
+    },
+    onProgress: event => {
+      const total = event.total
+        ? `${Math.round((event.loaded / event.total) * 100)}%`
+        : event.loaded;
+      logger.info(`status={${event.phase},total={${total}}}`);
+    },
+    remote: 'origin',
+    onAuth: () => auth,
+  });
+}