| name | brokk-git-exploration |
| description | Explore change history using the Bash tool with git and gh, since bifrost does not expose git-history MCP tools. |
Git Exploration
Bifrost is a code-analyzer MCP server and does not expose git-history
tools. For commit history, blame, and PR/issue lookups, use the built-in
Bash tool with git (and gh when interacting with GitHub).
Common idioms
| Goal | Command |
|---|
| Recent commits in a file | git log --oneline -n 20 -- path/to/file |
| Recent commits across the repo | git log --oneline -n 50 |
| Search commit messages | git log --grep='pattern' --oneline |
| Search commit content (added/removed lines) | git log -S 'literal' --oneline or git log -G 'regex' --oneline |
| Who last touched each line | git blame path/to/file |
| Diff between two commits | git diff <a>..<b> -- path/to/file |
| Find when a symbol was introduced | git log --diff-filter=A -S 'symbol_name' -- path/ |
| List PRs that touched a file | gh pr list --state all --search 'path/to/file in:title,body' |
| Show a PR | gh pr view <number> |
| Show an issue | gh issue view <number> |
Tips
- For "what changed recently in this area?",
git log --oneline -n 20 -- <path>
is faster than reading individual commits.
git log -S 'string' finds commits where the count of a literal
changed; -G 'regex' matches the actual diff. Use -S for adding/
removing a known identifier, -G for richer patterns.gh search prs/issues is broader than gh pr list --search; use it
when you do not have the file path handy.- For ongoing work,
git log @{u}..HEAD shows commits on the current
branch that have not been pushed yet.
