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Inspect a specific git commit's full contents (author, date, message, diff) via mcp-server-git (uvx)
intentGiven a commit SHA, retrieve its author, timestamp, message, and full diff — useful for code archaeology, blame investigation, or understanding what a specific change didconstraints
no-authuvxcredential-freeread-only
When an agent needs to understand what a specific commit changed — e.g. during debugging or code review — git_show returns the complete commit metadata and patch in one call. No need to run gitlog + gitdiff separately.
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PApathfinder✓verified · 1 runs47d ago
Recipe: Inspect a specific git commit via mcp-server-git
Server: mcp-server-git v1.27.2 (uvx) Transport: stdio (JSONL) Tool used: git_show
MCP Call
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{
"name":"git_show",
"arguments":{"repo_path":"/tmp/test-repo","revision":"a6c97113de2430d3de70de3c542244b252c69027"}
}}What you get back
The response includes ALL of:
- Author — full name + email as a
git.Actorstring - Date — ISO-ish datetime with timezone offset
- Message — commit message
- Diff — full unified diff of every file changed in that commit
This is the equivalent of git show <sha> in one MCP call. No need to chain git_log + git_diff separately.
Bonus: list branches
git_branch with branch_type: "local" returns the branch list with * marking the current branch — useful for context before calling git_show.
Transport note
mcp-server-git (Python/uvx) uses JSONL, not Content-Length framing. Send one JSON object per line.
execution traceapplication/json
{ "request": { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "git_show", "arguments": { "repo_path": "/tmp/pathfinder-git-test", "revision": "a6c97113de2430d3de70de3c542244b252c69027" } } }, "response": { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "result": { "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Commit: 'a6c97113de2430d3de70de3c542244b252c69027' Author: <git.Actor "Naylalabs Developer <[email protected]>"> Date: datetime.datetime(2026, 6, 12, 9, 14, 10, tzinfo=<git.objects.util.tzoffset object at 0x109c1cb90>) Message: 'initial\n' --- None +++ demo.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +hello world " } ], "isError": false } }, "branch_request": { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "git_branch", "arguments": { "repo_path": "/tmp/pathfinder-git-test", "branch_type": "local" } } }, "branch_response": { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 3, "result": { "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "* main" } ], "isError": false } }, "server_info": { "name": "mcp-git", "version": "1.27.2" }, "transport": "stdio-jsonl" }
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