diff --git a/pkg/argo_client/client.go b/pkg/argo_client/client.go
index 015201dd..b11247de 100644
--- a/pkg/argo_client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/argo_client/client.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type ArgoClient struct {
 	k8s                kubernetes.Interface
 	k8sConfig          *rest.Config
 	sendFullRepository bool
+	includeDotGit      bool
 }
 
 func NewArgoClient(
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func NewArgoClient(
 		k8s:                k8s.ClientSet(),
 		k8sConfig:          k8s.Config(),
 		sendFullRepository: cfg.ArgoCDSendFullRepository,
+		includeDotGit:      cfg.ArgoCDIncludeDotGit,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go b/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go
index 27cd4ba4..ac87d0c2 100644
--- a/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go
+++ b/pkg/argo_client/manifests.go
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@ func (a *ArgoClient) generateManifests(ctx context.Context, app v1alpha1.Applica
 	}
 
 	log.Info().Msg("compressing files")
-	f, filesWritten, checksum, err := tgzstream.CompressFiles(packageDir, []string{"*"}, []string{".git"})
+
+	exclude := []string{}
+	if !a.includeDotGit {
+		exclude = append(exclude, ".git")
+	}
+
+	f, filesWritten, checksum, err := tgzstream.CompressFiles(packageDir, []string{"*"}, exclude)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to compress files: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 0163ed4a..4f82b24e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	ArgoCDRepositoryEndpoint string `mapstructure:"argocd-repository-endpoint"`
 	ArgoCDRepositoryInsecure bool   `mapstructure:"argocd-repository-insecure"`
 	ArgoCDSendFullRepository bool   `mapstructure:"argocd-send-full-repository"`
+	ArgoCDIncludeDotGit      bool   `mapstructure:"argocd-include-dot-git"`
 	KubernetesConfig         string `mapstructure:"kubernetes-config"`
 	KubernetesType           string `mapstructure:"kubernetes-type"`
 	KubernetesClusterID      string `mapstructure:"kubernetes-clusterid"`