diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 64f2aef..721bb1a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0.75"
 clap = { version = "4.4.2", features = ["derive"] }
 futures = "0.3.30"
-git2 = "0.20.0"
+git2 = { version = "0.20.0", optional = true }
 lazy-regex = "3.1.0"
 rbx_asset = { path = "rbx_asset", features = ["gzip", "rustls-tls"], default-features = false }
 rbx_binary = "1.0.0"
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ rox_compiler = { path = "rox_compiler" }
 serde_json = "1.0.111"
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "fs"] }
 
+[features]
+default = []
+git = ["dep:git2"]
+
 [profile.release]
 #lto = true
 strip = true
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 18a2e0f..43f7fb7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use rbx_asset::cookie::{Cookie,Context as CookieContext,AssetVersion,CreationsIt
 
 type AssetID=u64;
 type AssetIDFileMap=Vec<(AssetID,PathBuf)>;
+#[cfg(feature="git")]
 const CONCURRENT_DECODE:usize=8;
 const CONCURRENT_REQUESTS:usize=32;
 const CONCURRENT_FS:usize=64;
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ enum Commands{
 	CompileUploadAsset(CompileUploadAssetSubcommand),
 	CompileUploadPlace(CompileUploadPlaceSubcommand),
 	Decompile(DecompileSubcommand),
+	#[cfg(feature="git")]
 	DecompileHistoryIntoGit(DecompileHistoryIntoGitSubcommand),
+	#[cfg(feature="git")]
 	DownloadAndDecompileHistoryIntoGit(DownloadAndDecompileHistoryIntoGitSubcommand),
 	RunLuau(RunLuauSubcommand),
 }
@@ -739,6 +742,7 @@ async fn main()->AResult<()>{
 			write_models:subcommand.write_models.unwrap_or(false),
 			write_scripts:subcommand.write_scripts.unwrap_or(true),
 		}).await,
+		#[cfg(feature="git")]
 		Commands::DecompileHistoryIntoGit(subcommand)=>decompile_history_into_git(DecompileHistoryConfig{
 			git_committer_name:subcommand.git_committer_name,
 			git_committer_email:subcommand.git_committer_email,
@@ -749,6 +753,7 @@ async fn main()->AResult<()>{
 			write_models:subcommand.write_models.unwrap_or(false),
 			write_scripts:subcommand.write_scripts.unwrap_or(true),
 		 }).await,
+		#[cfg(feature="git")]
 		Commands::DownloadAndDecompileHistoryIntoGit(subcommand)=>download_and_decompile_history_into_git(DownloadAndDecompileHistoryConfig{
 			git_committer_name:subcommand.git_committer_name,
 			git_committer_email:subcommand.git_committer_email,
@@ -1712,6 +1717,7 @@ async fn download_decompile(config:DownloadDecompileConfig)->AResult<()>{
 	Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="git")]
 struct WriteCommitConfig{
 	git_committer_name:String,
 	git_committer_email:String,
@@ -1722,6 +1728,7 @@ struct WriteCommitConfig{
 	write_scripts:bool,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="git")]
 async fn write_commit(config:WriteCommitConfig,b:Result<AResult<(AssetVersion,rox_compiler::DecompiledContext)>,tokio::task::JoinError>,repo:&git2::Repository)->AResult<()>{
 	let (asset_version,context)=b??;
 	println!("writing files for version {}",asset_version.assetVersionNumber);
@@ -1803,6 +1810,7 @@ async fn write_commit(config:WriteCommitConfig,b:Result<AResult<(AssetVersion,ro
 	Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="git")]
 struct DecompileHistoryConfig{
 	git_committer_name:String,
 	git_committer_email:String,
@@ -1814,6 +1822,7 @@ struct DecompileHistoryConfig{
 	write_scripts:bool,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="git")]
 async fn decompile_history_into_git(config:DecompileHistoryConfig)->AResult<()>{
 	//use prexisting versions list
 	let mut versions_path=config.input_folder.clone();
@@ -1852,6 +1861,7 @@ async fn decompile_history_into_git(config:DecompileHistoryConfig)->AResult<()>{
 	Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="git")]
 struct DownloadAndDecompileHistoryConfig{
 	cookie:Cookie,
 	asset_id:AssetID,
@@ -1864,6 +1874,7 @@ struct DownloadAndDecompileHistoryConfig{
 	write_scripts:bool,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature="git")]
 async fn download_and_decompile_history_into_git(config:DownloadAndDecompileHistoryConfig)->AResult<()>{
 	let context=CookieContext::new(config.cookie);