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    Mcp Git Ingest

    A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that helps read GitHub repository structure and important files. Python-based implementation.

    285 stars
    Python
    Updated Nov 2, 2025
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    Table of Contents

    • Configuration
    • Usage

    Table of Contents

    • Configuration
    • Usage

    Documentation

    MCP Git Ingest

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    A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that helps read GitHub repository structure and important files.

    Inspired by gitingest.

    Configuration

    json
    {
        "mcpServers": {
            "mcp-git-ingest": {
                "command": "uvx",
                "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-git-ingest", "mcp-git-ingest"],
            }
        }
    }

    Usage

    Using mcp-client-cli:

    code
    $ llm read https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-git-ingest and determine how the code technically works
    
    I'll help you understand the technical details of the mcp-git-ingest repository. I'll first fetch the directory structure and then read the important files to analyze how the code works.
    
    Tool Calls:
      github_directory_structure
      Args:
        repo_url: https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-git-ingest
    
    Now, I'll read the important files to understand the technical implementation:
    
    Tool Calls:
      github_read_important_files
      Args:
        repo_url: https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-git-ingest
        file_paths: ['README.md', 'src/mcp_git_ingest/main.py', 'pyproject.toml']
    
    Let me break down how this code technically works:
    
    1. Purpose:
    The `mcp-git-ingest` is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to help read GitHub repository structures and important files. It provides two main tools:
    - `github_directory_structure`: Returns a tree-like representation of a repository's directory structure
    - `github_read_important_files`: Reads and returns the contents of specified files in a repository
    
    2. Technical Implementation:
    
    a. Dependencies:
    - Uses `fastmcp` for creating an MCP server
    - Uses `gitpython` for Git repository operations
    - Requires Python 3.8+
    
    b. Key Functions:
    
    `clone_repo(repo_url: str) -> str`:
    - Creates a deterministic temporary directory based on the repository URL's hash
    - Checks if the repository is already cloned
    - If not, clones the repository
    - Handles error cases and cleanup
    - Returns the path to the cloned repository
    
    `get_directory_tree(path: str, prefix: str = "") -> str`:
    - Recursively generates a tree-like directory structure
    - Skips `.git` directories
    - Uses Unicode box-drawing characters to create a visual tree representation
    - Handles sorting of entries
    
    `github_directory_structure(repo_url: str) -> str`:
    - Clones the repository
    - Generates directory tree
    - Cleans up the temporary repository after processing
    - Returns the tree structure or an error message
    
    `github_read_important_files(repo_url: str, file_paths: List[str]) -> dict[str, str]`:
    - Clones the repository
    - Reads specified files
    - Returns a dictionary mapping file paths to their contents
    - Handles file reading errors
    - Cleans up the temporary repository
    
    3. Error Handling:
    - Uses try-except blocks to handle repository cloning, file reading errors
    - Ensures temporary directories are always cleaned up using `finally` blocks
    - Returns descriptive error messages
    
    4. Performance Optimizations:
    - Uses a hash-based temporary directory naming to potentially reuse cloned repositories
    - Checks for existing repositories before cloning
    - Implements cleanup to prevent accumulation of temporary files
    
    5. Unique Features:
    - Deterministic temporary directory creation
    - Unicode tree representation
    - Flexible file reading with error handling
    
    6. Execution:
    - Can be run as a CLI tool via `mcp-git-ingest`
    - Configured through `pyproject.toml`
    - Depends on `fastmcp` for MCP server functionality
    
    The code is a robust, flexible tool for programmatically exploring and reading GitHub repositories, with a focus on error handling and clean implementation.
    
    Would you like me to elaborate on any specific aspect of the implementation?

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