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    {
      "Title": "Propagate current working directory from parent process when initializing the server",
      "Excerpt": "The usage pattern \"git_set_working_dir\" -> \"git_*\" creates a problem when using `git-mcp-server` with oneshot-loading MCP servers:\n- server initializes on-demand\n- cwd is set with `git_set_working_dir`\n- server unloads\n- server initializes on-demand with a regular git command and fails to figure out cwd\n\nSee https://github.com/mcp-shark/lazy-tool/issues/5?reload=1\nRelated to https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/32",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/55",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-08-06T18:42:18.000Z",
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      "Title": "Advisory badge for git-mcp-server?",
      "Excerpt": "You've been shipping the git MCP hard (saw the early-July push). There's a public card at https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-cyanheads-git-mcp-server — if you want a README badge that tracks the advisory screen (not a safety cert), this is paste-ready:\n\n[![mcpindex](https://mcpindex.ai/api/v1/badge/io-github-cyanheads-git-mcp-server)](https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-cyanheads-git-mcp-server)\n\nIf the title/blurb is off, reply with the fix and I'll update it.\n\nThank you,\nGB",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/54",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-12T21:18:30.000Z",
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      "Title": "Argument/option injection in git ref parameters leads to arbitrary file write (git_log / git_diff / git_show)",
      "Excerpt": "reported on 5 June 2026 https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/security/advisories/GHSA-265x-r5m8-w5v2 - no response, so trying here: \n\n### Summary\nThe ref/object parameters of several read tools (git_log branch, git_diff source/target, git_show object) are typed as a plain string with no leading-dash or format validation, and are placed into the git command line as positional arguments. git therefore interprets a value beginning with \"-\" as an option. Using git's --output= option, an attac",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/53",
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    {
      "Title": "npm package declares missing dist/index.d.ts types entry",
      "Excerpt": "### Summary\n\nThe published `@cyanheads/git-mcp-server@2.15.1` npm package declares TypeScript types at `dist/index.d.ts`, but the tarball does not include that file.\n\n### Evidence\n\nThe package metadata declares both the root `types` field and the export-condition `types` field:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"name\": \"@cyanheads/git-mcp-server\",\n  \"version\": \"2.15.1\",\n  \"main\": \"dist/index.js\",\n  \"files\": [\"dist\"],\n  \"exports\": {\n    \".\": {\n      \"types\": \"./dist/index.d.ts\",\n      \"import\": \"./dist/index.js\"\n    ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/50",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-06-11T02:06:35.000Z",
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      "Title": "SSH Agent not picked up.",
      "Excerpt": "VS Code is passing along `SSH_AUTH_SOCK` in a dev container.\n\ngit is setup for ssh signing of commits and tags. Working in windows, wsl, and dev container envs. Key is unlocked and agent uses it just fine.\n\n`git_commit` tool call (from Continue VS Code extension, in this case) results in passphrase error.\n\nFiles staged, but not committed.\n\n---\n\n### Tool Call Error\n```\ngit_mcp_git_commit failed with the message: [{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Error: Git commit failed: Exit Code: 128\\nStderr: error: Ente",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/49",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-16T22:43:40.000Z",
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      "Title": "GPT reports problem with the tool schema",
      "Excerpt": "Hi! Getting this error when using your server with `gpt-5-codex`, any chance you've seen anything like this?\n\n```json\n{\n  \"error\": {\n    \"message\": \"Invalid schema for function 'git_git_remote': In context=('properties', 'url', 'type', '0'), 'uri' is not a valid format.\",\n    \"type\": \"invalid_request_error\",\n    \"param\": \"tools[23].parameters\",\n    \"code\": \"invalid_function_parameters\"\n  }\n}\n```",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/47",
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      "Title": "Error responses include structuredContent that fails output schema validation",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nWhen a git operation fails, the error response includes `structuredContent` with a different structure than the declared `outputSchema`. This causes MCP clients to reject the response with a schema validation error, masking the actual git error message.\n\n## Impact\n\nWhen git operations fail (auth issues, network errors, conflicts, etc.), users see:\n```\nError in git_push_git\nTool execution failed: MCP error -32602: Structured content does not match the tool's output schema: \ndata must ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/40",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-23T17:48:36.000Z",
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      "Title": "feat: Add programmatic interactive rebase operations (squash, fixup, drop, autosquash)",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd high-level MCP tools for common interactive rebase operations that don't require TTY/editor interaction. This enables LLM agents to programmatically clean up commit history.\n\n## Motivation\n\nInteractive rebase (`git rebase -i`) is essential for maintaining clean git history, but it requires an interactive editor session. LLM agents need programmatic access to these operations for workflows like:\n- Squashing WIP commits before PR\n- Applying fixup commits\n- Removing accidental/debug",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/39",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-21T15:59:14.000Z",
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      "Title": "Server Shutdown Due to Uncaught Exception While Creating Logs Directory",
      "Excerpt": "I'm using the Jetbrains Copilot plugin and I'm getting the following error when the server is started.\n\n```\n{\"level\":60,\"time\":1770759758405,\"env\":\"development\",\"version\":\"2.6.5\",\"pid\":34406,\"applicationName\":\"@cyanheads/git-mcp-server\",\"applicationVersion\":\"2.6.5\",\"nodeEnvironment\":\"development\",\"requestId\":\"4BSPF-LUKJJ\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-02-10T21:42:38.350Z\",\"operation\":\"ServerStartup\",\"err\":{\"type\":\"Object\",\"message\":\"ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir 'logs'\",\"stack\":\"Error: ENOENT: no",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/38",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-10T21:50:15.000Z",
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      "Title": "Cannot find Git on Windows",
      "Excerpt": "Git is installed and it's in the system path. And yet MCP can't find it:\n\n```json\n{\n\t\"level\": 50,\n\t\"time\": 1765540389216,\n\t\"env\": \"development\",\n\t\"version\": \"2.6.0\",\n\t\"pid\": 52588,\n\t\"requestId\": \"FUFHK-39BCW\",\n\t\"timestamp\": \"2025-12-12T11:53:09.196Z\",\n\t\"operation\": \"HandleToolRequest\",\n\t\"input\": {\n\t\t\"path\": \"D:\\\\Projects\\\\MyProj\",\n\t\t\"maxCount\": 10,\n\t\t\"oneline\": false,\n\t\t\"stat\": false,\n\t\t\"patch\": false,\n\t\t\"showSignature\": false\n\t},\n\t\"critical\": false,\n\t\"errorCode\": -32603,\n\t\"originalErrorType\": \"",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/37",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-12-12T12:01:38.000Z",
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      "Title": "Doesn't work on Windows with an absolute path",
      "Excerpt": "It doesn't work on Windows with an absolute path no matter how it's specified. If I specify GIT_BASE_DIR as \"D:\\\\Projects\", I get the following \n```\nServer stderr: file:///C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Temp/bunx-2483025435-@cyanheads/git-mcp-server@latest/node_modules/@cyanheads/git-mcp-server/dist/index.js:4658\n    throw new McpError(-32008 /* ConfigurationError */, \"Invalid application configuration.\", {\n          ^\n\nMcpError: Invalid application configuration.\n    at parseConfig (file:///C:",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/36",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-12-11T11:21:25.000Z",
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      "Title": "Select functions fail to import: `conv mcp tool input schema fail(unmarshal)`",
      "Excerpt": "### Description\n\nSome operations of `git-mcp-server` fail to register with the MCP host. Each operation fails with the following warning structure:\n\n```\nWarning: Failed to load MCP server 'git-mcp-server': conv mcp tool input schema fail(unmarshal): json: cannot unmarshal number into Go struct field SchemaBis.properties.exclusiveMinimum of type bool, tool name: <tool operation here>\n```\n\nFurthermore, each warning stops the registration of any other operations not previously registered. Pictured ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/34",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-11-29T09:08:17.000Z",
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      "Title": "Unable to use MCP server: No session working directory set. Please specify a 'path' or use 'git_set_working_dir' first.",
      "Excerpt": "Just installed the extension on IntelliJ IDEA. \nExecuting: \"Summarize the last local commit\" prompt to test the MCP server, from JetBrains AI chat when a project with git, I'm getting error:\n>No session working directory set. Please specify a 'path' or use 'git_set_working_dir' first.\n\nAnything \n\n My config:\n```json\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"git-mcp-server\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"@cyanheads/git-mcp-server@latest\"\n      ],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE\": \"",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/32",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-11-16T12:38:51.000Z",
      "State": "closed",
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    {
      "Title": "[BUG] Error: Git command not found. Please ensure Git is installed and in your PATH.",
      "Excerpt": "I've configured the server on Roo Code on VS Code and after the agent sets up the working tree, any command will output said error. I've tried with bunx and npx commands with the same results.",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/31",
      "PublishedAt": "2025-11-14T18:26:26.000Z",
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      "Title": "Creating unnecessary logs/ directory",
      "Excerpt": "Every time I start a session in Roo Code, it creates the `logs/` directory.\nThis should not happen.\n\n\n`git-mcp-server` is creating this directory at the root of the project...\n```\n├── logs\n│   ├── combined.log\n│   ├── error.log\n│   └── interactions.log\n\n```\n\n\n```\n$ cat logs/combined.log\n{\"level\":30,\"time\":1761644032758,\"env\":\"development\",\"version\":\"2.5.6\",\"pid\":372662,\"requestId\":\"7OI99-TG78K\",\"timestamp\":\"2025-10-28T09:33:52.757Z\",\"operation\":\"loggerInit\",\"msg\":\"Logger initialized. MCP level: ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/30",
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      "Title": "MCP crashing on start",
      "Excerpt": "Running `npx @cyanheads/git-mcp-server@latest` package crashes immediately. \"MCP Server running in STDIO mode.\" The process then terminates.\n\n**Last Known Working Version:**\n`2.3.5`\n\n**Environment:**\n- **Operating System:** Windows 11\n- **Node.js Version:** v22.20.0\n\n**Steps to Reproduce:**\n1. Open a terminal on Windows 11.\n2. Run the command: `npx @cyanheads/git-mcp-server` (or `npx @cyanheads/git-mcp-server@latest`)\n\n**Expected Behavior:**\nThe MCP server should start and remain running, awaiti",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/27",
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      "Title": "MCP Git-Server Commit Function Fails with Schema Error",
      "Excerpt": "### Description\nThe `git_commit` function of the MCP Git-Server throws a schema error despite correct parameters.\n\n### Error\n```\nMCP error -32602: Structured content does not match the tool's output schema: data should NOT have additional properties\n```\n\n### Steps to Reproduce\n1. Initialize MCP Git-Server\n2. Add files to git\n3. Execute commit using `git_commit`\n4. Error occurs\n\n### Code Example\n```javascript\n// This fails:\nmcp_Git-MCP-Server_git_commit({\n  message: \"test: simple commit message\"\n",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/24",
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      "Title": "feat(git): Add Git worktree MCP functions",
      "Excerpt": "## Description\nImplement Git worktree functionality in the Git MCP server to support multi-branch development workflows.\n\n## Background\nCurrently, there are no MCP tools that provide Git worktree capabilities. This limits the ability to work on multiple branches simultaneously, which is a key requirement for efficient multi-agent development.\n\n## Proposed Solution\nAdd new MCP functions to support Git worktree operations:\n\n1. `git___worktree_list` - List all worktrees\n2. `git___worktree_add` - Cr",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/11",
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      "Title": "Claude desktop error on macos",
      "Excerpt": "Looks like the server startup message is parsed by Claude.\n\n\nmy config\n```\n    \"git-mcp-server\": {\n      \"command\": \"node\",\n      \"args\": [\"/<masked>/git-mcp-server/dist/index.js\"],\n      \"disabled\": false,\n      \"autoApprove\": [],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"MCP_LOG_LEVEL\": \"error\"\n      }\n    },\n```\n\nerror\n```\n2025-05-14T07:28:29.957Z [git-mcp-server] [error] Unexpected end of JSON input {\"context\":\"connection\",\"stack\":\"SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input\\n    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)\\n  ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server/issues/9",
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