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Title: `get_file_contents` fetch refs improvements by almaleksia · Pull Request #1655 · github/github-mcp-server · GitHub

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Description: Summary This PR improves ref resolution handling in get_file_contents tool. Sometimes LLM passes sha in ref parameter which results in failure. This PR autocorrects it allowing shas to be passed a...

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Communityhttps://github.community/
Docshttps://docs.github.com/
Contacthttps://support.github.com?tags=dotcom-footer

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URLs of crawlers that visited me.