diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index 13b827762c..db5750dd70 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "git-url-parse": "^11.4.0",
     "helmet": "^4.0.0",
+    "isomorphic-git": "^1.8.0",
     "knex": "^0.21.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "logform": "^2.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts
index acfe53c1f8..eecfd36612 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/scm/git.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,19 @@
 import git from 'isomorphic-git';
 import http from 'isomorphic-git/http/node';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
 
 class SCM {
   constructor(
-    private readonly config: { username: string; password: string },
-    private readonly logger: Logger,
+    private readonly config: {
+      username: string;
+      password: string;
+      logger?: Logger;
+    },
   ) {}
 
-  async clone({ url, dir }) {
+  async clone({ url, dir }: { url: string; dir: string }) {
+    this.config.logger?.info(`Cloning repo {dir=${dir},url=${url}}`);
     return git.clone({
       fs,
       http,
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ class SCM {
         const total = event.total
           ? `${Math.round((event.loaded / event.total) * 100)}%`
           : event.loaded;
-        this.logger.info(`status={${event.phase},total={${total}}}`);
+        this.config.logger?.info(`status={${event.phase},total={${total}}}`);
       },
       headers: {
         'user-agent': 'git/@isomorphic-git',
@@ -46,6 +51,79 @@ class SCM {
       }),
     });
   }
+
+  async init({ dir }: { dir: string }) {
+    this.config.logger?.info(`Init git repository {dir=${dir}}`);
+
+    return git.init({
+      fs,
+      dir,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async add({ dir, filepath }: { dir: string; filepath: string }) {
+    this.config.logger?.info(`Adding file {dir=${dir},filepath=${filepath}}`);
+
+    return git.add({ fs, dir, filepath });
+  }
+
+  async commit({
+    dir,
+    message,
+    author,
+    committer,
+  }: {
+    dir: string;
+    message: string;
+    author: { name: string; email: string };
+    committer: { name: string; email: string };
+  }) {
+    this.config.logger?.info(
+      `Committing file to repo {dir=${dir},message=${message}}`,
+    );
+
+    return git.commit({ fs, dir, message, author, committer });
+  }
+
+  async addRemote({
+    dir,
+    url,
+    remoteName,
+  }: {
+    dir: string;
+    remoteName: string;
+    url: string;
+  }) {
+    this.config.logger?.info(
+      `Creating new remote {dir=${dir},remoteName=${remoteName},url=${url}}`,
+    );
+    return git.addRemote({ fs, dir, remote: remoteName, url });
+  }
+
+  async push({ dir, remoteName }: { dir: string; remoteName: string }) {
+    this.config.logger?.info(
+      `Pushing directory to remote {dir=${dir},remoteName=${remoteName}}`,
+    );
+    git.push({
+      fs,
+      dir,
+      http,
+      onProgress: event => {
+        const total = event.total
+          ? `${Math.round((event.loaded / event.total) * 100)}%`
+          : event.loaded;
+        this.config.logger?.info(`status={${event.phase},total={${total}}}`);
+      },
+      headers: {
+        'user-agent': 'git/@isomorphic-git',
+      },
+      remote: remoteName,
+      onAuth: () => ({
+        username: this.config.username,
+        password: this.config.password,
+      }),
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 export const fromAuth = ({
@@ -55,7 +133,7 @@ export const fromAuth = ({
 }: {
   username: string;
   password: string;
-  logger: Logger;
+  logger?: Logger;
 }) => {
-  return new SCM({ username, password });
+  return new SCM({ username, password, logger });
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f16e1326ab..4cb027e631 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1630,7 +1630,9 @@
     to-fast-properties "^2.0.0"
 
 "@backstage/catalog-model@^0.2.0":
-  version "0.4.0"
+  version "0.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@backstage/catalog-model/-/catalog-model-0.2.0.tgz#e3fe2a4ddeb6a9b6ec480c80cb2b9c39cb245576"
+  integrity sha512-Y1ocdRpBlxK/VrJQjHlQd0bgADECd1B2NRjwd8ss46ibT5hwLvMOfD80+Fa7oPLu0ktJrH4lq0pNIIJIml48zA==
   dependencies:
     "@backstage/config" "^0.1.1"
     "@types/json-schema" "^7.0.5"
@@ -1641,7 +1643,9 @@
     yup "^0.29.3"
 
 "@backstage/catalog-model@^0.3.0":
-  version "0.4.0"
+  version "0.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@backstage/catalog-model/-/catalog-model-0.3.1.tgz#45d08e2f333c9c566b2bf2629fd707fe989bb404"
+  integrity sha512-9XhV7c4rmVW+Yzj2PiwTQ7DsegWGB3C4ELsDRExuEVZONdqNcC02cyJtrt3fT5F31ZS3tHkB9bMUymFOBLqUSA==
   dependencies:
     "@backstage/config" "^0.1.1"
     "@types/json-schema" "^7.0.5"