modelcontextprotocol/git

4.2

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A Model Context Protocol server for Git repository interaction and automation.

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

git_status

Shows the working tree status

git_diff_unstaged

Shows changes in the working directory that are not yet staged

git_diff_staged

Shows changes that are staged for commit

git_diff

Shows differences between branches or commits

git_commit

Records changes to the repository

git_add

Adds file contents to the staging area

git_reset

Unstages all staged changes

git_log

Shows the commit logs

git_create_branch

Creates a new branch from an optional base branch

git_checkout

Switches branches

git_show

Shows the contents of a commit

git_branch

List Git branches

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

No resources

Author

modelcontextprotocol

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Repository

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/tree/main/src/git

GitHub Stars

218

License

MIT License

Last publish date

2025-05-28

Last update date

2026-02-17

Server configs

via uvx in claude desktop

"mcpServers": {
  "git": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-server-git", "--repository", "path/to/git/repo"]
  }
}

in claude desktop

"mcpServers": {
  "git": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "--mount", "type=bind,src=/Users/username,dst=/Users/username", "mcp/git"]
  }
}

via pip in claude desktop

"mcpServers": {
  "git": {
    "command": "python",
    "args": ["-m", "mcp_server_git", "--repository", "path/to/git/repo"]
  }
}

via uvx in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "git": {
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": ["mcp-server-git"]
      }
    }
  }
}

in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "git": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
          "run",
          "--rm",
          "-i",
          "--mount", "type=bind,src=${workspaceFolder},dst=/workspace",
          "mcp/git"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

via uvx in zed

"context_servers": [
  "mcp-server-git": {
    "command": {
      "path": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-git"]
    }
  }
],

via pip in zed

"context_servers": {
  "mcp-server-git": {
    "command": {
      "path": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_server_git"]
    }
  }
},