diff --git a/packages/git/src/browser/git-view-contribution.ts b/packages/git/src/browser/git-view-contribution.ts
index fb25d1f8998ec..7b9ded994dbb6 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/browser/git-view-contribution.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/browser/git-view-contribution.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from '@theia/core';
 import {
     AbstractViewContribution, StatusBar, DiffUris, StatusBarEntry,
-    FrontendApplicationContribution, FrontendApplication, Widget, StatusBarAlignment
+    FrontendApplicationContribution, FrontendApplication, Widget
 } from '@theia/core/lib/browser';
 import { TabBarToolbarContribution, TabBarToolbarRegistry } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/shell/tab-bar-toolbar';
 import { EditorManager, EditorWidget, EditorOpenerOptions, EditorContextMenu, EDITOR_CONTEXT_MENU } from '@theia/editor/lib/browser';
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { GitQuickOpenService, GitAction } from './git-quick-open-service';
 import { GitSyncService } from './git-sync-service';
 import { WorkspaceService } from '@theia/workspace/lib/browser';
 import { GitPrompt } from '../common/git-prompt';
-import { ScmRepository, ScmService, StatusBarCommand } from '@theia/scm/lib/common';
+import { ScmRepository, ScmService, ScmCommand } from '@theia/scm/lib/common';
 import { GitRepositoryProvider } from './git-repository-provider';
 
 export const GIT_WIDGET_FACTORY_ID = 'git';
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class GitViewContribution extends AbstractViewContribution<GitWidget>
 
     protected toDispose = new DisposableCollection();
 
-    private readonly onDidChangeCommandEmitterMap: Map<string, Emitter<StatusBarCommand[]>> = new Map();
+    private readonly onDidChangeCommandEmitterMap: Map<string, Emitter<ScmCommand[]>> = new Map();
     private readonly onDidChangeRepositoryEmitterMap: Map<string, Emitter<void>> = new Map();
     private dirtyRepositories: Repository[] = [];
 
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ export class GitViewContribution extends AbstractViewContribution<GitWidget>
                         onDidChangeCommandEmitter.fire([{
                             id: GIT_COMMANDS.CHANGE_REPOSITORY.id,
                             text: `$(database) ${path.base}`,
-                            alignment: StatusBarAlignment.LEFT,
-                            priority: 102,
                             command: GIT_COMMANDS.CHANGE_REPOSITORY.id,
                             tooltip: path.toString()
                         }]);
@@ -214,8 +212,6 @@ export class GitViewContribution extends AbstractViewContribution<GitWidget>
                 onDidChangeCommandEmitter.fire([{
                     id: GIT_COMMANDS.CHECKOUT.id,
                     text: `$(code-fork) ${branch}${dirty}`,
-                    alignment: StatusBarAlignment.LEFT,
-                    priority: 101,
                     command: GIT_COMMANDS.CHECKOUT.id
                 }]);
             }
@@ -255,7 +251,7 @@ export class GitViewContribution extends AbstractViewContribution<GitWidget>
     registerScmProvider(repository: Repository): ScmRepository {
         const uri = repository.localUri;
         const disposableCollection = new DisposableCollection();
-        const onDidChangeStatusBarCommandsEmitter = new Emitter<StatusBarCommand[]>();
+        const onDidChangeStatusBarCommandsEmitter = new Emitter<ScmCommand[]>();
         const onDidChangeResourcesEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
         const onDidChangeRepositoryEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
         this.onDidChangeCommandEmitterMap.set(uri, onDidChangeStatusBarCommandsEmitter);
@@ -514,9 +510,9 @@ export class GitViewContribution extends AbstractViewContribution<GitWidget>
             if (onDidChangeCommandEmitter) {
                 onDidChangeCommandEmitter.fire([{
                     id: 'vcs-sync-status',
-                    alignment: StatusBarAlignment.LEFT,
-                    priority: 100,
-                    ...entry
+                    text: entry.text,
+                    tooltip: entry.tooltip,
+                    command: entry.command,
                 }]);
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/api/plugin-api.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/api/plugin-api.ts
index 9eb7fdc0a3975..92b07142883e9 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/api/plugin-api.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/api/plugin-api.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import { IJSONSchema, IJSONSchemaSnippet } from '@theia/core/lib/common/json-sch
 import { DebuggerDescription } from '@theia/debug/lib/common/debug-service';
 import { DebugProtocol } from 'vscode-debugprotocol';
 import { SymbolInformation } from 'vscode-languageserver-types';
-import { StatusBarCommand } from '@theia/scm/lib/common';
+import { ScmCommand } from '@theia/scm/lib/common';
 
 export interface PluginInitData {
     plugins: PluginMetadata[];
@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ export interface SourceControlProviderFeatures {
     hasQuickDiffProvider?: boolean;
     count?: number;
     commitTemplate?: string;
-    acceptInputCommand?: StatusBarCommand;
-    statusBarCommands?: StatusBarCommand[];
+    acceptInputCommand?: ScmCommand;
+    statusBarCommands?: ScmCommand[];
 }
 
 export interface SourceControlGroupFeatures {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/scm-main.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/scm-main.ts
index d963f6f81673a..11b8fd336900f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/scm-main.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/browser/scm-main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
     ScmResourceDecorations,
     ScmResourceGroup,
     ScmService,
-    StatusBarCommand
+    ScmCommand
 } from '@theia/scm/lib/common';
 import { RPCProtocol } from '../../api/rpc-protocol';
 import { interfaces } from 'inversify';
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class ScmProviderImpl implements ScmProvider {
     private onDidChangeEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
     private onDidChangeResourcesEmitter = new Emitter<void>();
     private onDidChangeCommitTemplateEmitter = new Emitter<string>();
-    private onDidChangeStatusBarCommandsEmitter = new Emitter<StatusBarCommand[]>();
+    private onDidChangeStatusBarCommandsEmitter = new Emitter<ScmCommand[]>();
     private features: SourceControlProviderFeatures = {};
     private groupsMap: Map<number, ScmResourceGroup> = new Map();
     private disposableCollection: DisposableCollection = new DisposableCollection();
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ class ScmProviderImpl implements ScmProvider {
         return this.features.commitTemplate;
     }
 
-    get acceptInputCommand(): StatusBarCommand | undefined {
+    get acceptInputCommand(): ScmCommand | undefined {
         return this.features.acceptInputCommand;
     }
 
-    get statusBarCommands(): StatusBarCommand[] | undefined {
+    get statusBarCommands(): ScmCommand[] | undefined {
         return this.features.statusBarCommands;
     }
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class ScmProviderImpl implements ScmProvider {
         return this.onDidChangeCommitTemplateEmitter.event;
     }
 
-    get onDidChangeStatusBarCommands(): Event<StatusBarCommand[]> {
+    get onDidChangeStatusBarCommands(): Event<ScmCommand[]> {
         return this.onDidChangeStatusBarCommandsEmitter.event;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/scm.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/scm.ts
index 12d66b8c9ff7a..a154c2860a3e1 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/scm.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/scm.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import * as theia from '@theia/plugin';
 import { CommandRegistryExt, Plugin as InternalPlugin, PLUGIN_RPC_CONTEXT, ScmExt, ScmMain } from '../api/plugin-api';
 import { RPCProtocol } from '../api/rpc-protocol';
-import { StatusBarCommand } from '@theia/scm/lib/common/scm';
+import { ScmCommand } from '@theia/scm/lib/common';
 import { CancellationToken } from '@theia/core';
 import { UriComponents } from '../common/uri-components';
 import URI from '@theia/core/lib/common/uri';
@@ -183,10 +183,9 @@ class SourceControlImpl implements theia.SourceControl {
         this._acceptInputCommand = acceptInputCommand;
 
         if (acceptInputCommand) {
-            const command: StatusBarCommand = {
+            const command: ScmCommand = {
                 id: acceptInputCommand.id,
-                text: acceptInputCommand.label ? acceptInputCommand.label : '',
-                alignment: 1
+                text: acceptInputCommand.label ? acceptInputCommand.label : ''
             };
             this.proxy.$updateSourceControl(this.handle, { acceptInputCommand: command });
         }
diff --git a/packages/scm/compile.tsconfig.json b/packages/scm/compile.tsconfig.json
index b8b72b49c8822..a23513b5e6b13 100644
--- a/packages/scm/compile.tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/scm/compile.tsconfig.json
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
   "include": [
     "src"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-contribution.ts b/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-contribution.ts
index 343f0dc4af777..ca69823eeb2de 100644
--- a/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-contribution.ts
+++ b/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-contribution.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -13,18 +13,25 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
  ********************************************************************************/
-import { injectable, inject } from 'inversify';
-import { FrontendApplicationContribution, StatusBar } from '@theia/core/lib/browser';
-import { ScmService, StatusBarCommand } from '../common/scm';
+import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
+import { FrontendApplicationContribution, StatusBar, StatusBarAlignment, StatusBarEntry } from '@theia/core/lib/browser';
+import { ScmCommand, ScmService } from '../common/scm';
 
 @injectable()
 export class ScmContribution implements FrontendApplicationContribution {
     @inject(StatusBar) protected readonly statusBar: StatusBar;
     @inject(ScmService) protected readonly scmService: ScmService;
     onStart(): void {
-        const refresh = (commands: StatusBarCommand[]) => {
+        const refresh = (commands: ScmCommand[]) => {
             commands.forEach(command => {
-                this.statusBar.setElement(command.id, command);
+                const statusBaCommand: StatusBarEntry = {
+                    text: command.text,
+                    tooltip: command.tooltip,
+                    command: command.command,
+                    alignment: StatusBarAlignment.LEFT,
+                    priority: 100
+                };
+                this.statusBar.setElement(command.id, statusBaCommand);
             });
         };
         this.scmService.onDidAddRepository(repository => {
diff --git a/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-frontend-module.ts b/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-frontend-module.ts
index 5771dd507635e..23b6e489806f1 100644
--- a/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-frontend-module.ts
+++ b/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-frontend-module.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2017 TypeFox and others.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { ContainerModule } from 'inversify';
 import { ScmContribution } from './scm-contribution';
-import { ScmServiceImpl } from './scmService';
+import { ScmServiceImpl } from './scm-service-impl';
 import { FrontendApplicationContribution } from '@theia/core/lib/browser';
 import { ScmService } from '../common/scm';
 
diff --git a/packages/scm/src/browser/scmService.ts b/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-service-impl.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/scm/src/browser/scmService.ts
rename to packages/scm/src/browser/scm-service-impl.ts
index 52892c37ab510..a62312c4c3fb5 100644
--- a/packages/scm/src/browser/scmService.ts
+++ b/packages/scm/src/browser/scm-service-impl.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
diff --git a/packages/scm/src/common/index.ts b/packages/scm/src/common/index.ts
index be20242d05be1..e4c4d22ed2181 100644
--- a/packages/scm/src/common/index.ts
+++ b/packages/scm/src/common/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
diff --git a/packages/scm/src/common/scm.ts b/packages/scm/src/common/scm.ts
index 6d6942df8c4cf..a673907e71651 100644
--- a/packages/scm/src/common/scm.ts
+++ b/packages/scm/src/common/scm.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  ********************************************************************************/
 import URI from '@theia/core/lib/common/uri';
 import { Disposable, Event } from '@theia/core/lib/common';
-import { StatusBarEntry } from '@theia/core/lib/browser';
 
 export interface ScmResourceDecorations {
     icon?: URI;
@@ -57,16 +56,19 @@ export interface ScmProvider extends Disposable {
     readonly count?: number;
     readonly commitTemplate?: string;
     readonly onDidChangeCommitTemplate?: Event<string>;
-    readonly onDidChangeStatusBarCommands?: Event<StatusBarCommand[]>;
-    readonly acceptInputCommand?: StatusBarCommand;
-    readonly statusBarCommands?: StatusBarCommand[];
+    readonly onDidChangeStatusBarCommands?: Event<ScmCommand[]>;
+    readonly acceptInputCommand?: ScmCommand;
+    readonly statusBarCommands?: ScmCommand[];
     readonly onDidChange: Event<void>;
 
     getOriginalResource(uri: URI): Promise<URI | undefined>;
 }
 
-export interface StatusBarCommand extends StatusBarEntry {
-    id: string
+export interface ScmCommand {
+    id: string;
+    text: string;
+    tooltip?: string;
+    command?: string;
 }
 
 export const enum InputValidationType {