mcp-git

MCP server that lets LLMs explore Git repositories — commit history, diffs, branches, and search. Single binary, read-only.

Install

cargo install mcp-git

Usage

# Current directory
mcp-git

# Specific repo
mcp-git --repo /path/to/repo

# Multiple repos
mcp-git --repo /path/to/repo1 --repo /path/to/repo2

# Custom limits
mcp-git --repo . --max-log-entries 100 --max-diff-lines 1000

Configuration

Claude Code

claude mcp add git -- mcp-git --repo /path/to/your/repo

Claude Desktop

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

Cursor / VS Code

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

Tools

Tool	Description
`list_repos`	Show all connected repositories with current branch
`log`	Show commit history with author, date, and message
`diff`	Show changes between two refs (commits, branches, tags)
`show_commit`	Show details of a specific commit
`list_branches`	List local and remote branches
`search_commits`	Search commit messages for a query string

All tools accept an optional repo parameter when multiple repositories are connected.

CLI Options

Flag	Default	Description
`--repo`	`.`	Path to a Git repository (repeatable)
`--max-diff-lines`	`500`	Maximum diff output lines
`--max-log-entries`	`50`	Maximum log entries returned

License

Licensed under either of Apache License, Version 2.0 or MIT License at your option.

mcp-git 0.2.0