mcp/git repository overview

⁠Git (Reference) MCP Server

Git repository interaction and automation.

What is an MCP Server?⁠

⁠MCP Info

⁠Image Building Info

Attribute	Details
Dockerfile	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/b4ee623039a6c60053ce67269701ad9e95073306/src/git/Dockerfile⁠
Commit	b4ee623039a6c60053ce67269701ad9e95073306
Docker Image built by	Docker Inc.
Docker Scout Health Score
Verify Signature	COSIGN_REPOSITORY=mcp/signatures cosign verify mcp/git --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/keyring/refs/heads/main/public/mcp/latest.pub
Licence	MIT License

⁠Available Tools (12)

⁠Tools Details

⁠Tool: git_add

Adds file contents to the staging area

⁠Tool: git_checkout

Switches branches

⁠Tool: git_commit

Records changes to the repository

⁠Tool: git_create_branch

Creates a new branch from an optional base branch

⁠Tool: git_diff

Shows differences between branches or commits

⁠Tool: git_diff_staged

Shows changes that are staged for commit

⁠Tool: git_diff_unstaged

Shows changes in the working directory that are not yet staged

⁠Tool: git_init

Initialize a new Git repository

⁠Tool: git_log

Shows the commit logs

⁠Tool: git_reset

Unstages all staged changes

⁠Tool: git_show

Shows the contents of a commit

⁠Tool: git_status

Shows the working tree status

⁠Use this MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-v",
        "/local-directory:/local-directory",
        "mcp/git"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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