diff --git a/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts b/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts
index bde4da8..7136afc 100644
--- a/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { commands, Range, TextDocumentShowOptions, TextEditor, Uri, window } fro
 import { ActiveEditorCommand, Commands, getCommandUri } from './common';
 import { DiffWithCommandArgs } from './diffWith';
 import { DiffWithWorkingCommandArgs } from './diffWithWorking';
-import { GitCommit, GitService, GitUri } from '../gitService';
+import { GitCommit, GitCommitType, GitService, GitUri } from '../gitService';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
 import { Messages } from '../messages';
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class DiffWithPreviousCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
             args.line = editor === undefined ? 0 : editor.selection.active.line;
         }
 
-        if (args.commit === undefined || args.commit.type !== 'file' || args.range !== undefined) {
+        if (args.commit === undefined || args.commit.type !== GitCommitType.File || args.range !== undefined) {
             const gitUri = await GitUri.fromUri(uri, this.git);
 
             try {
diff --git a/src/commands/showQuickCommitDetails.ts b/src/commands/showQuickCommitDetails.ts
index 0d013f9..d87783a 100644
--- a/src/commands/showQuickCommitDetails.ts
+++ b/src/commands/showQuickCommitDetails.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Strings } from '../system';
 import { commands, TextEditor, Uri, window } from 'vscode';
 import { ActiveEditorCachedCommand, CommandContext, Commands, getCommandUri, isCommandViewContextWithCommit } from './common';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { GitCommit, GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitUri } from '../gitService';
+import { GitCommit, GitCommitType, GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitUri } from '../gitService';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, CommitDetailsQuickPick, CommitWithFileStatusQuickPickItem } from '../quickPicks';
 import { ShowQuickCommitFileDetailsCommandArgs } from './showQuickCommitFileDetails';
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class ShowQuickCommitDetailsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand {
         }
 
         try {
-            if (args.commit === undefined || (args.commit.type !== 'branch' && args.commit.type !== 'stash')) {
+            if (args.commit === undefined || (args.commit.type !== GitCommitType.Branch && args.commit.type !== GitCommitType.Stash)) {
                 if (args.repoLog !== undefined) {
                     args.commit = args.repoLog.commits.get(args.sha!);
                     // If we can't find the commit, kill the repoLog
diff --git a/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts b/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts
index 1cefa00..c0eb677 100644
--- a/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts
+++ b/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Strings } from '../system';
 import { TextEditor, Uri, window } from 'vscode';
 import { ActiveEditorCachedCommand, CommandContext, Commands, getCommandUri, isCommandViewContextWithCommit } from './common';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { GitCommit, GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitUri } from '../gitService';
+import { GitCommit, GitCommitType, GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitUri } from '../gitService';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, CommitFileDetailsQuickPick } from '../quickPicks';
 import { ShowQuickCommitDetailsCommandArgs } from './showQuickCommitDetails';
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class ShowQuickCommitFileDetailsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand
         }
 
         try {
-            if (args.commit === undefined || args.commit.type !== 'file') {
+            if (args.commit === undefined || args.commit.type !== GitCommitType.File) {
                 if (args.commit !== undefined) {
                     workingFileName = undefined;
                 }
diff --git a/src/git/parsers/logParser.ts b/src/git/parsers/logParser.ts
index 2d7eb9d..fd41dee 100644
--- a/src/git/parsers/logParser.ts
+++ b/src/git/parsers/logParser.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class GitLogParser {
                     break;
 
                 case 'filename':
-                    if (type === 'branch') {
+                    if (type === GitCommitType.Branch) {
                         next = lines.next();
                         if (next.done) break;
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class GitLogParser {
                         this._parseFileName(entry);
                     }
 
-                    if (first && repoPath === undefined && type === 'file' && fileName !== undefined) {
+                    if (first && repoPath === undefined && type === GitCommitType.File && fileName !== undefined) {
                         // Try to get the repoPath from the most recent commit
                         repoPath = Git.normalizePath(fileName.replace(fileName.startsWith('/') ? `/${entry.fileName}` : entry.fileName!, ''));
                         relativeFileName = Git.normalizePath(path.relative(repoPath, fileName));
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export class GitLogParser {
             commit.nextSha = commit.sha !== recentCommit.sha ? recentCommit.sha : recentCommit.nextSha;
 
             // Only add a filename if this is a file log
-            if (type === 'file') {
+            if (type === GitCommitType.File) {
                 recentCommit.previousFileName = commit.originalFileName || commit.fileName;
                 commit.nextFileName = recentCommit.originalFileName || recentCommit.fileName;
             }
diff --git a/src/quickPicks/commitDetails.ts b/src/quickPicks/commitDetails.ts
index e8f4f9a..60d3621 100644
--- a/src/quickPicks/commitDetails.ts
+++ b/src/quickPicks/commitDetails.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { commands, QuickPickOptions, TextDocumentShowOptions, Uri, window } from
 import { Commands, CopyMessageToClipboardCommandArgs, CopyShaToClipboardCommandArgs, DiffDirectoryCommandCommandArgs, DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs, ShowQuickCommitDetailsCommandArgs, StashApplyCommandArgs, StashDeleteCommandArgs } from '../commands';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, getQuickPickIgnoreFocusOut, KeyCommandQuickPickItem, OpenFileCommandQuickPickItem, OpenFilesCommandQuickPickItem, QuickPickItem } from './common';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { getGitStatusOcticon, GitCommit, GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitStashCommit, GitStatusFile, GitStatusFileStatus, GitUri, IGitCommitInfo, IGitStatusFile, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
+import { getGitStatusOcticon, GitCommit, GitCommitType, GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitStashCommit, GitStatusFile, GitStatusFileStatus, GitUri, IGitCommitInfo, IGitStatusFile, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
 import { Keyboard, KeyCommand, KeyNoopCommand, Keys } from '../keyboard';
 import { OpenRemotesCommandQuickPickItem } from './remotes';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class CommitDetailsQuickPick {
     static async show(git: GitService, commit: GitLogCommit, uri: Uri, goBackCommand?: CommandQuickPickItem, currentCommand?: CommandQuickPickItem, repoLog?: GitLog): Promise<CommitWithFileStatusQuickPickItem | CommandQuickPickItem | undefined> {
         const items: (CommitWithFileStatusQuickPickItem | CommandQuickPickItem)[] = commit.fileStatuses.map(fs => new CommitWithFileStatusQuickPickItem(commit, fs));
 
-        const stash = commit.type === 'stash';
+        const stash = commit.type === GitCommitType.Stash;
 
         let index = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/quickPicks/commitFileDetails.ts b/src/quickPicks/commitFileDetails.ts
index bb6e839..01eb35a 100644
--- a/src/quickPicks/commitFileDetails.ts
+++ b/src/quickPicks/commitFileDetails.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { QuickPickItem, QuickPickOptions, Uri, window } from 'vscode';
 import { Commands, CopyMessageToClipboardCommandArgs, CopyShaToClipboardCommandArgs, DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs, DiffWithWorkingCommandArgs, ShowQuickCommitDetailsCommandArgs, ShowQuickCommitFileDetailsCommandArgs, ShowQuickFileHistoryCommandArgs } from '../commands';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, getQuickPickIgnoreFocusOut, KeyCommandQuickPickItem, OpenFileCommandQuickPickItem } from './common';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitUri, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
+import { GitCommitType, GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitService, GitUri, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
 import { Keyboard, KeyCommand, KeyNoopCommand } from '../keyboard';
 import { OpenRemotesCommandQuickPickItem } from './remotes';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class CommitFileDetailsQuickPick {
     static async show(git: GitService, commit: GitLogCommit, uri: Uri, goBackCommand?: CommandQuickPickItem, currentCommand?: CommandQuickPickItem, fileLog?: GitLog): Promise<CommandQuickPickItem | undefined> {
         const items: CommandQuickPickItem[] = [];
 
-        const stash = commit.type === 'stash';
+        const stash = commit.type === GitCommitType.Stash;
 
         const workingName = (commit.workingFileName && path.basename(commit.workingFileName)) || path.basename(commit.fileName);
 
diff --git a/src/quickPicks/common.ts b/src/quickPicks/common.ts
index 539fe25..d23599d 100644
--- a/src/quickPicks/common.ts
+++ b/src/quickPicks/common.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { CancellationTokenSource, commands, Disposable, QuickPickItem, QuickPick
 import { Commands, openEditor } from '../commands';
 import { ExtensionKey, IAdvancedConfig } from '../configuration';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { GitCommit, GitLogCommit, GitStashCommit } from '../gitService';
+import { GitCommit, GitCommitType, GitLogCommit, GitStashCommit } from '../gitService';
 import { Keyboard, KeyboardScope, KeyMapping, Keys } from '../keyboard';
 // import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class CommitQuickPickItem implements QuickPickItem {
         else {
             this.label = message;
             this.description = `${Strings.pad('$(git-commit)', 1, 1)} ${commit.shortSha}`;
-            this.detail = `${GlyphChars.Space} ${commit.author}, ${commit.fromNow()}${(commit.type === 'branch') ? ` ${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dot, 1, 1)} ${(commit as GitLogCommit).getDiffStatus()}` : ''}`;
+            this.detail = `${GlyphChars.Space} ${commit.author}, ${commit.fromNow()}${(commit.type === GitCommitType.Branch) ? ` ${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dot, 1, 1)} ${(commit as GitLogCommit).getDiffStatus()}` : ''}`;
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/views/commitFileNode.ts b/src/views/commitFileNode.ts
index 35542a3..3e9d226 100644
--- a/src/views/commitFileNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/commitFileNode.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { Command, ExtensionContext, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState, Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { Commands, DiffWithPreviousCommandArgs } from '../commands';
 import { ExplorerNode, ResourceType } from './explorerNode';
-import { CommitFormatter, getGitStatusIcon, GitBranch, GitCommit, GitService, GitUri, ICommitFormatOptions, IGitStatusFile, IStatusFormatOptions, StatusFileFormatter } from '../gitService';
+import { CommitFormatter, getGitStatusIcon, GitBranch, GitCommit, GitCommitType, GitService, GitUri, ICommitFormatOptions, IGitStatusFile, IStatusFormatOptions, StatusFileFormatter } from '../gitService';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 export enum CommitFileNodeDisplayAs {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class CommitFileNode extends ExplorerNode {
     }
 
     async getTreeItem(): Promise<TreeItem> {
-        if (this.commit.type !== 'file') {
+        if (this.commit.type !== GitCommitType.File) {
             const log = await this.git.getLogForFile(this.repoPath, this.status.fileName, this.commit.sha, { maxCount: 2 });
             if (log !== undefined) {
                 this.commit = log.commits.get(this.commit.sha) || this.commit;