github · yonaka15 · Jun 28, 2025 · Jun 28, 2025 · Jun 29, 2025 · Jun 29, 2025
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ export GITHUB_MCP_TOOL_ADD_ISSUE_COMMENT_DESCRIPTION="an alternative description
   - `sha`: Commit SHA, branch name, or tag name (string, required)
 
 - **get_file_contents** - Get file or directory contents
+  - `include_sha`: Whether to return file metadata (including SHA, size, type) instead of raw content (boolean, optional)
   - `owner`: Repository owner (username or organization) (string, required)
   - `path`: Path to file/directory (directories must end with a slash '/') (string, required)
   - `ref`: Accepts optional git refs such as `refs/tags/{tag}`, `refs/heads/{branch}` or `refs/pull/{pr_number}/head` (string, optional)

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "title": "Get file or directory contents",
     "readOnlyHint": true
   },
-  "description": "Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository",
+  "description": "Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository. Set `include_sha` to `true` to return file metadata (including SHA, size, type) instead of raw content.",
   "inputSchema": {
     "properties": {
       "owner": {
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
       "sha": {
         "description": "Accepts optional git sha, if sha is specified it will be used instead of ref",
         "type": "string"
+      },
+      "include_sha": {
+        "description": "Whether to return file metadata (including SHA, size, type) instead of raw content",
+        "type": "boolean"
       }
     },
     "required": [

@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func CreateRepository(getClient GetClientFn, t translations.TranslationHelperFun
 // GetFileContents creates a tool to get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository.
 func GetFileContents(getClient GetClientFn, getRawClient raw.GetRawClientFn, t translations.TranslationHelperFunc) (tool mcp.Tool, handler server.ToolHandlerFunc) {
 	return mcp.NewTool("get_file_contents",
-			mcp.WithDescription(t("TOOL_GET_FILE_CONTENTS_DESCRIPTION", "Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository")),
+			mcp.WithDescription(t("TOOL_GET_FILE_CONTENTS_DESCRIPTION", "Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository. Set `include_sha` to `true` to return file metadata (including SHA, size, type) instead of raw content.")),
 			mcp.WithToolAnnotation(mcp.ToolAnnotation{
 				Title:        t("TOOL_GET_FILE_CONTENTS_USER_TITLE", "Get file or directory contents"),
 				ReadOnlyHint: ToBoolPtr(true),
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ func GetFileContents(getClient GetClientFn, getRawClient raw.GetRawClientFn, t t
 			mcp.WithString("sha",
 				mcp.Description("Accepts optional git sha, if sha is specified it will be used instead of ref"),
 			),
+			mcp.WithBoolean("include_sha",
+				mcp.Description("Whether to return file metadata (including SHA, size, type) instead of raw content"),
+			),
 		),
 		func(ctx context.Context, request mcp.CallToolRequest) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
 			owner, err := RequiredParam[string](request, "owner")
@@ -490,6 +493,10 @@ func GetFileContents(getClient GetClientFn, getRawClient raw.GetRawClientFn, t t
 			if err != nil {
 				return mcp.NewToolResultError(err.Error()), nil
 			}
+			includeSha, err := OptionalParam[bool](request, "include_sha")
+			if err != nil {
+				return mcp.NewToolResultError(err.Error()), nil
+			}
 
 			rawOpts := &raw.ContentOpts{}
 
@@ -518,7 +525,8 @@ func GetFileContents(getClient GetClientFn, getRawClient raw.GetRawClientFn, t t
 			rawOpts.Ref = ref
 
 			// If the path is (most likely) not to be a directory, we will first try to get the raw content from the GitHub raw content API.
-			if path != "" && !strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") {
+			// Skip raw content if include_sha is true
+			if !includeSha && path != "" && !strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") {
 
 				rawClient, err := getRawClient(ctx)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -584,28 +592,44 @@ func GetFileContents(getClient GetClientFn, getRawClient raw.GetRawClientFn, t t
 			if sha != "" {
 				ref = sha
 			}
-			if strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") {
-				opts := &github.RepositoryContentGetOptions{Ref: ref}
-				_, dirContent, resp, err := client.Repositories.GetContents(ctx, owner, repo, path, opts)
+			// Try to get file/directory contents using GitHub API
+			opts := &github.RepositoryContentGetOptions{Ref: ref}
+			fileContent, dirContent, resp, err := client.Repositories.GetContents(ctx, owner, repo, path, opts)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ghErrors.NewGitHubAPIErrorResponse(ctx,
+					"failed to get file contents",
+					resp,
+					err,
+				), nil
+			}
+			defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
+
+			if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+				body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 				if err != nil {
-					return mcp.NewToolResultError("failed to get file contents"), nil
+					return mcp.NewToolResultError("failed to read response body"), nil
 				}
-				defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
+				return mcp.NewToolResultError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get file contents: %s", string(body))), nil
+			}
 
-				if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-					body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-					if err != nil {
-						return mcp.NewToolResultError("failed to read response body"), nil
-					}
-					return mcp.NewToolResultError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get file contents: %s", string(body))), nil
+			// Handle directory contents
+			if dirContent != nil {
+				r, err := json.Marshal(dirContent)
+				if err != nil {
+					return mcp.NewToolResultError("failed to marshal directory contents"), nil
 				}
+				return mcp.NewToolResultText(string(r)), nil
+			}
 
-				r, err := json.Marshal(dirContent)
+			// Handle file contents
+			if fileContent != nil {
+				r, err := json.Marshal(fileContent)
 				if err != nil {
-					return mcp.NewToolResultError("failed to marshal response"), nil
+					return mcp.NewToolResultError("failed to marshal file contents"), nil
 				}
 				return mcp.NewToolResultText(string(r)), nil
 			}
+
 			return mcp.NewToolResultError("Failed to get file contents. The path does not point to a file or directory, or the file does not exist in the repository."), nil
 		}
 }

@@ -33,11 +33,25 @@ func Test_GetFileContents(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, tool.InputSchema.Properties, "path")
 	assert.Contains(t, tool.InputSchema.Properties, "ref")
 	assert.Contains(t, tool.InputSchema.Properties, "sha")
+	assert.Contains(t, tool.InputSchema.Properties, "include_sha")
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, tool.InputSchema.Required, []string{"owner", "repo", "path"})
 
 	// Mock response for raw content
 	mockRawContent := []byte("# Test Repository\n\nThis is a test repository.")
 
+	// Setup mock file content for include_sha test
+	mockFileContent := &github.RepositoryContent{
+		Type:        github.Ptr("file"),
+		Name:        github.Ptr("README.md"),
+		Path:        github.Ptr("README.md"),
+		SHA:         github.Ptr("abc123"),
+		Size:        github.Ptr(42),
+		HTMLURL:     github.Ptr("https://github.com/owner/repo/blob/main/README.md"),
+		DownloadURL: github.Ptr("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owner/repo/main/README.md"),
+		Content:     github.Ptr(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(mockRawContent)),
+		Encoding:    github.Ptr("base64"),
+	}
+
 	// Setup mock directory content for success case
 	mockDirContent := []*github.RepositoryContent{
 		{
@@ -140,6 +154,68 @@ func Test_GetFileContents(t *testing.T) {
 			expectError:    false,
 			expectedResult: mockDirContent,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "successful file metadata fetch with include_sha",
+			mockedClient: mock.NewMockedHTTPClient(
+				mock.WithRequestMatchHandler(
+					mock.GetReposContentsByOwnerByRepoByPath,
+					expectQueryParams(t, map[string]string{"ref": "refs/heads/main"}).andThen(
+						mockResponse(t, http.StatusOK, mockFileContent),
+					),
+				),
+			),
+			requestArgs: map[string]interface{}{
+				"owner":       "owner",
+				"repo":        "repo",
+				"path":        "README.md",
+				"ref":         "refs/heads/main",
+				"include_sha": true,
+			},
+			expectError:    false,
+			expectedResult: mockFileContent,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "successful text content fetch with include_sha false",
+			mockedClient: mock.NewMockedHTTPClient(
+				mock.WithRequestMatchHandler(
+					raw.GetRawReposContentsByOwnerByRepoByBranchByPath,
+					http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+						w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/markdown")
+						_, _ = w.Write(mockRawContent)
+					}),
+				),
+			),
+			requestArgs: map[string]interface{}{
+				"owner":       "owner",
+				"repo":        "repo",
+				"path":        "README.md",
+				"ref":         "refs/heads/main",
+				"include_sha": false,
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+			expectedResult: mcp.TextResourceContents{
+				URI:      "repo://owner/repo/refs/heads/main/contents/README.md",
+				Text:     "# Test Repository\n\nThis is a test repository.",
+				MIMEType: "text/markdown",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "successful directory metadata fetch with include_sha",
+			mockedClient: mock.NewMockedHTTPClient(
+				mock.WithRequestMatchHandler(
+					mock.GetReposContentsByOwnerByRepoByPath,
+					mockResponse(t, http.StatusOK, mockDirContent),
+				),
+			),
+			requestArgs: map[string]interface{}{
+				"owner":       "owner",
+				"repo":        "repo",
+				"path":        "src/",
+				"include_sha": true,
+			},
+			expectError:    false,
+			expectedResult: mockDirContent,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "content fetch fails",
 			mockedClient: mock.NewMockedHTTPClient(
@@ -165,7 +241,8 @@ func Test_GetFileContents(t *testing.T) {
 				"ref":   "refs/heads/main",
 			},
 			expectError:    false,
-			expectedResult: mcp.NewToolResultError("Failed to get file contents. The path does not point to a file or directory, or the file does not exist in the repository."),
+			expectedResult: nil,
+			expectedErrMsg: "failed to get file contents",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -190,6 +267,17 @@ func Test_GetFileContents(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// Check for tool errors (API errors that return as tool results)
+			if tc.expectedErrMsg != "" {
+				require.True(t, result.IsError)
+				errorContent := getErrorResult(t, result)
+				assert.Contains(t, errorContent.Text, tc.expectedErrMsg)
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Process successful results
+			require.False(t, result.IsError)
 			// Use the correct result helper based on the expected type
 			switch expected := tc.expectedResult.(type) {
 			case mcp.TextResourceContents:
@@ -210,9 +298,19 @@ func Test_GetFileContents(t *testing.T) {
 					assert.Equal(t, *expected[i].Path, *content.Path)
 					assert.Equal(t, *expected[i].Type, *content.Type)
 				}
-			case mcp.TextContent:
-				textContent := getErrorResult(t, result)
-				require.Equal(t, textContent, expected)
+			case *github.RepositoryContent:
+				// File metadata fetch returns a text result (JSON object)
+				textContent := getTextResult(t, result)
+				var returnedContent github.RepositoryContent
+				err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(textContent.Text), &returnedContent)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, *expected.Name, *returnedContent.Name)
+				assert.Equal(t, *expected.Path, *returnedContent.Path)
+				assert.Equal(t, *expected.SHA, *returnedContent.SHA)
+				assert.Equal(t, *expected.Size, *returnedContent.Size)
+				if expected.Content != nil {
+					assert.Equal(t, *expected.Content, *returnedContent.Content)
+				}
 			}
 		})
 	}