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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`get_file_contents` is not working properly (Path did not point to a file or directory, but resolved git ref)","articleBody":"### Describe the bug\n\nIt's not able to resolve a file.\n\n### Affected version\n\nGitHub MCP Server\nVersion: v0.10.0\nCommit: 45e90aedd4445e0e61ead8cb165b45cc8e249f1e\nBuild Date: 2025-08-01T14:36:17Z\n\n### Steps to reproduce the behavior\n\n1. Type \"Read file X in repo Y\"\n\n### Expected vs actual behavior\n\nFile should be correctly retrieved from the Github.\n\n### Logs\n\n```\n⏺ I found the file localenv.config.yaml. Let me read its contents:\n\n⏺ github_twdcgrid - Get file or directory contents (MCP)(owner: \"COST\", repo: \"baymax\", path: \"localenv.config.yaml\")\n  ⎿ Path did not point to a file or directory, but resolved git ref to {\"Ref\":\"refs/heads/main\",\"SHA\":\"b32ec16443d8f6fef6ba16913d33f0abfc3aa02d\"} with possible path matches: [\"\n    localenv.config.yaml\"]\n\n  ⎿  Interrupted by user\n\n\u003e supply \"Ref\":\"refs/heads/main\"\n\n✻ Thinking…\n\n  The user wants me to supply the ref parameter with \"refs/heads/main\" when making the request to get the file contents.\n\n⏺ github_twdcgrid - Get file or directory contents (MCP)(owner: \"COST\", repo: \"baymax\", path: \"localenv.config.yaml\", ref: \"refs/heads/main\")\n  ⎿ Path did not point to a file or directory, but resolved git ref to {\"Ref\":\"refs/heads/main\",\"SHA\":\"b32ec16443d8f6fef6ba16913d33f0abfc3aa02d\"} with possible path matches: [\"\n    localenv.config.yaml\"]\n\n  ⎿  Interrupted by user\n\n\u003e supply sha as well\n\n✻ Thinking…\n\n  The user wants me to supply the SHA as well when making the request. Let me use the SHA that was returned in the previous response.\n\n⏺ github_twdcgrid - Get file or directory contents (MCP)(owner: \"COST\", repo: \"baymax\", path: \"localenv.config.yaml\", sha: \"b32ec16443d8f6fef6ba16913d33f0abfc3aa02d\")\n  ⎿ Path did not point to a file or directory, but resolved git ref to {\"Ref\":\"\",\"SHA\":\"b32ec16443d8f6fef6ba16913d33f0abfc3aa02d\"} with possible path matches: [\"localenv.config\n    .yaml\"]\n\n  ⎿  Interrupted by user\n\n\u003e sha and ref\n\n✻ Thinking…\n\n  The user wants me to supply both sha and ref parameters. Let me try that.\n\n⏺ github_twdcgrid - Get file or directory contents (MCP)(owner: \"COST\", repo: \"baymax\", path: \"localenv.config.yaml\", ref: \"refs/heads/main\", sha:\n                                                        \"b32ec16443d8f6fef6ba16913d33f0abfc3aa02d\")\n  ⎿ Path did not point to a file or directory, but resolved git ref to {\"Ref\":\"\",\"SHA\":\"b32ec16443d8f6fef6ba16913d33f0abfc3aa02d\"} with possible path matches: [\"localenv.config\n    .yaml\"]\n\n  ⎿  Interrupted by user\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/nasxisbest","@type":"Person","name":"nasxisbest"},"datePublished":"2025-08-13T00:09:43.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":20},"url":"https://github.com/864/github-mcp-server/issues/864"}