Git (Reference)

Git (Reference) MCP Server

Git repository interaction and automation.

What is an MCP Server?⁠

Characteristics

Attribute	Details
Docker Image	mcp/git⁠
Author	modelcontextprotocol⁠
Repository	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers⁠
Dockerfile	https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/2025.4.24/src/git/Dockerfile⁠
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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