diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/constants/CommonConstants.java b/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/constants/CommonConstants.java
index 626bf6bbeb..4368a86061 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/constants/CommonConstants.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/constants/CommonConstants.java
@@ -1,38 +1,5 @@
 package com.appsmith.git.constants;
 
-public class CommonConstants {
-    // This field will be useful when we migrate fields within JSON files (currently this will be useful for Git
-    // feature)
-    public static Integer fileFormatVersion = 5;
-    public static String FILE_FORMAT_VERSION = "fileFormatVersion";
-    public static final String SERVER_SCHEMA_VERSION = "serverSchemaVersion";
-    public static final String CLIENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = "clientSchemaVersion";
+import com.appsmith.git.constants.ce.CommonConstantsCE;
 
-    public static final String CANVAS = "canvas";
-
-    public static final String APPLICATION = "application";
-    public static final String THEME = "theme";
-    public static final String METADATA = "metadata";
-    public static final String JSON_EXTENSION = ".json";
-    public static final String JS_EXTENSION = ".js";
-    public static final String TEXT_FILE_EXTENSION = ".txt";
-    public static final String WIDGETS = "widgets";
-    public static final String WIDGET_NAME = "widgetName";
-    public static final String WIDGET_TYPE = "type";
-    public static final String CHILDREN = "children";
-
-    public static final String CANVAS_WIDGET = "CANVAS_WIDGET";
-    public static final String MAIN_CONTAINER = "MainContainer";
-    public static final String DELIMITER_POINT = ".";
-    public static final String DELIMITER_PATH = "/";
-    public static final String DELIMITER_HYPHEN = "-";
-    public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
-    public static final String SEPARATOR_UNDERSCORE = "_";
-    public static final String FILE_MIGRATION_MESSAGE =
-            "Some of the changes above are due to an improved file structure. You can safely commit them to your repository.";
-
-    public static final String TABS_WIDGET = "TABS_WIDGET";
-
-    public static final String WIDGET_ID = "widgetId";
-    public static final String PARENT_ID = "parentId";
-}
+public class CommonConstants extends CommonConstantsCE {}
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/constants/ce/CommonConstantsCE.java b/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/constants/ce/CommonConstantsCE.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3a07795d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-git/src/main/java/com/appsmith/git/constants/ce/CommonConstantsCE.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.appsmith.git.constants.ce;
+
+public class CommonConstantsCE {
+    // This field will be useful when we migrate fields within JSON files (currently this will be useful for Git
+    // feature)
+    public static Integer fileFormatVersion = 5;
+    public static String FILE_FORMAT_VERSION = "fileFormatVersion";
+    public static final String SERVER_SCHEMA_VERSION = "serverSchemaVersion";
+    public static final String CLIENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = "clientSchemaVersion";
+
+    public static final String CANVAS = "canvas";
+
+    public static final String APPLICATION = "application";
+    public static final String THEME = "theme";
+    public static final String METADATA = "metadata";
+    public static final String JSON_EXTENSION = ".json";
+    public static final String JS_EXTENSION = ".js";
+    public static final String TEXT_FILE_EXTENSION = ".txt";
+    public static final String WIDGETS = "widgets";
+    public static final String WIDGET_NAME = "widgetName";
+    public static final String WIDGET_TYPE = "type";
+    public static final String CHILDREN = "children";
+
+    public static final String CANVAS_WIDGET = "CANVAS_WIDGET";
+    public static final String MAIN_CONTAINER = "MainContainer";
+    public static final String DELIMITER_POINT = ".";
+    public static final String DELIMITER_PATH = "/";
+    public static final String DELIMITER_HYPHEN = "-";
+    public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
+    public static final String SEPARATOR_UNDERSCORE = "_";
+    public static final String FILE_MIGRATION_MESSAGE =
+            "Some of the changes above are due to an improved file structure. You can safely commit them to your repository.";
+
+    public static final String TABS_WIDGET = "TABS_WIDGET";
+
+    public static final String WIDGET_ID = "widgetId";
+    public static final String PARENT_ID = "parentId";
+}
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsCEImpl.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsCEImpl.java
index 79aef2cb35..2ba44cc6e6 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsCEImpl.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsCEImpl.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ import static com.appsmith.server.helpers.ce.CommonGitFileUtilsCE.removeUnwanted
 @Slf4j
 @Component
 @Import({FileUtilsImpl.class})
-public class ApplicationGitFileUtilsCEImpl implements ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE<ApplicationGitReference> {
+public class ApplicationGitFileUtilsCEImpl implements ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE<ApplicationJson> {
 
     private final Gson gson;
     private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsImpl.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsImpl.java
index fcf0b2682a..4f5ba237ae 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsImpl.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/applications/git/ApplicationGitFileUtilsImpl.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package com.appsmith.server.applications.git;
 
 import com.appsmith.external.git.FileInterface;
-import com.appsmith.external.models.ApplicationGitReference;
 import com.appsmith.server.actioncollections.base.ActionCollectionService;
+import com.appsmith.server.dtos.ApplicationJson;
 import com.appsmith.server.helpers.ArtifactGitFileUtils;
 import com.appsmith.server.migrations.JsonSchemaMigration;
 import com.appsmith.server.newactions.base.NewActionService;
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
 public class ApplicationGitFileUtilsImpl extends ApplicationGitFileUtilsCEImpl
-        implements ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationGitReference> {
+        implements ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationJson> {
 
     public ApplicationGitFileUtilsImpl(
             Gson gson,
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ArtifactGitFileUtils.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ArtifactGitFileUtils.java
index aeff001553..84c0035d1b 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ArtifactGitFileUtils.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ArtifactGitFileUtils.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.appsmith.server.helpers;
 
-import com.appsmith.external.models.ArtifactGitReference;
+import com.appsmith.server.dtos.ArtifactExchangeJson;
 import com.appsmith.server.helpers.ce.ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE;
 
-public interface ArtifactGitFileUtils<T extends ArtifactGitReference> extends ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE<T> {}
+public interface ArtifactGitFileUtils<T extends ArtifactExchangeJson> extends ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE<T> {}
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/CommonGitFileUtils.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/CommonGitFileUtils.java
index 90c512060d..ea9efe2960 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/CommonGitFileUtils.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/CommonGitFileUtils.java
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package com.appsmith.server.helpers;
 
 import com.appsmith.external.git.FileInterface;
 import com.appsmith.external.git.operations.FileOperations;
-import com.appsmith.external.models.ApplicationGitReference;
 import com.appsmith.git.files.FileUtilsImpl;
 import com.appsmith.server.actioncollections.base.ActionCollectionService;
+import com.appsmith.server.dtos.ApplicationJson;
 import com.appsmith.server.helpers.ce.CommonGitFileUtilsCE;
 import com.appsmith.server.migrations.JsonSchemaVersions;
 import com.appsmith.server.newactions.base.NewActionService;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 public class CommonGitFileUtils extends CommonGitFileUtilsCE {
 
     public CommonGitFileUtils(
-            ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationGitReference> applicationGitFileUtils,
+            ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationJson> applicationGitFileUtils,
             FileInterface fileUtils,
             FileOperations fileOperations,
             AnalyticsService analyticsService,
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE.java
index f20fe5f878..a4c38c58b1 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.appsmith.server.helpers.ce;
 import com.appsmith.external.git.models.GitResourceMap;
 import com.appsmith.external.models.ArtifactGitReference;
 import com.appsmith.server.dtos.ArtifactExchangeJson;
+import com.appsmith.server.exceptions.AppsmithError;
+import com.appsmith.server.exceptions.AppsmithException;
 import com.appsmith.server.git.dtos.ArtifactJsonTransformationDTO;
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
@@ -10,19 +12,23 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-public interface ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE<T extends ArtifactGitReference> {
+public interface ArtifactGitFileUtilsCE<T extends ArtifactExchangeJson> {
 
-    T createArtifactReferenceObject();
+    default ArtifactGitReference createArtifactReferenceObject() {
+        return null;
+    }
 
     ArtifactExchangeJson createArtifactExchangeJsonObject();
 
     void setArtifactDependentResources(ArtifactExchangeJson artifactExchangeJson, GitResourceMap gitResourceMap);
 
-    Mono<ArtifactExchangeJson> reconstructArtifactExchangeJsonFromFilesInRepository(
-            String workspaceId, String baseArtifactId, String repoName, String branchName);
+    default Mono<ArtifactExchangeJson> reconstructArtifactExchangeJsonFromFilesInRepository(
+            String workspaceId, String baseArtifactId, String repoName, String branchName) {
+        return Mono.error(new AppsmithException(AppsmithError.UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION));
+    }
 
-    void addArtifactReferenceFromExportedJson(
-            ArtifactExchangeJson artifactExchangeJson, ArtifactGitReference artifactGitReference);
+    default void addArtifactReferenceFromExportedJson(
+            ArtifactExchangeJson artifactExchangeJson, ArtifactGitReference artifactGitReference) {}
 
     Map<String, String> getConstantsMap();
 
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/CommonGitFileUtilsCE.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/CommonGitFileUtilsCE.java
index 4ce31654b0..5ab89e4acf 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/CommonGitFileUtilsCE.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/CommonGitFileUtilsCE.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import com.appsmith.external.git.operations.FileOperations;
 import com.appsmith.external.helpers.Stopwatch;
 import com.appsmith.external.models.ActionConfiguration;
 import com.appsmith.external.models.ActionDTO;
-import com.appsmith.external.models.ApplicationGitReference;
 import com.appsmith.external.models.ArtifactGitReference;
 import com.appsmith.external.models.BaseDomain;
 import com.appsmith.external.models.DatasourceStorage;
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.hasText;
 @Import({FileUtilsImpl.class})
 public class CommonGitFileUtilsCE {
 
-    protected final ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationGitReference> applicationGitFileUtils;
+    protected final ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationJson> applicationGitFileUtils;
     private final FileInterface fileUtils;
     private final FileOperations fileOperations;
     private final AnalyticsService analyticsService;
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ public class CommonGitFileUtilsCE {
     protected final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
     public CommonGitFileUtilsCE(
-            ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationGitReference> applicationGitFileUtils,
+            ArtifactGitFileUtils<ApplicationJson> applicationGitFileUtils,
             FileInterface fileUtils,
             FileOperations fileOperations,
             AnalyticsService analyticsService,
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ public class CommonGitFileUtilsCE {
         this.objectMapper = objectMapper.copy().disable(MapperFeature.USE_ANNOTATIONS);
     }
 
-    private ArtifactGitFileUtils<?> getArtifactBasedFileHelper(ArtifactType artifactType) {
+    protected ArtifactGitFileUtils<?> getArtifactBasedFileHelper(ArtifactType artifactType) {
         if (ArtifactType.APPLICATION.equals(artifactType)) {
             return applicationGitFileUtils;
         }