Git MCP Server

Name: Git MCP Server
Author: io.github.Abhishekkumar2021

io.github.Abhishekkumar2021/git

Repository Registry

What is the Git MCP server?

Local Git via MCP: status, log, diff, file history, branches, and gated stage/commit. Pure-JS.

How to install Git

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

GIT_ROOTS
required
Allowed repo root directories (comma-separated). Required — the server refuses to start without it.
GIT_WRITABLE
Set to 1 or true to enable local write tools (stage/commit/branch/checkout).

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/git"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GIT_ROOTS": "<YOUR_GIT_ROOTS>",
        "GIT_WRITABLE": "<YOUR_GIT_WRITABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/git"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GIT_ROOTS": "<YOUR_GIT_ROOTS>",
        "GIT_WRITABLE": "<YOUR_GIT_WRITABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "git": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/git"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GIT_ROOTS": "<YOUR_GIT_ROOTS>",
        "GIT_WRITABLE": "<YOUR_GIT_WRITABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "git": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@abhishekmcp/git"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GIT_ROOTS": "<YOUR_GIT_ROOTS>",
        "GIT_WRITABLE": "<YOUR_GIT_WRITABLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add git --env GIT_ROOTS=<YOUR_GIT_ROOTS> --env GIT_WRITABLE=<YOUR_GIT_WRITABLE> -- npx -y @abhishekmcp/git

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