ungit

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name: ungit description: Fetch code from GitHub repositories as LLM-friendly context. Use when needing to reference, analyze, or understand code from a GitHub repo/directory/file.

Use the ungit command with the --prompt flag to fetch code from GitHub in a format optimized for LLM context.

Usage

Copyungit -p [options] <source>

Source formats:

• user/repo - entire repository
• user/repo/path - specific directory or file
• user/repo@branch - specific branch
• GitHub URLs (HTTPS, SSH, or tree URLs)

Options:

• -p, --prompt - Output as XML-formatted text (required for LLM context)
• -i, --include GLOB - Only include files matching pattern (repeatable)
• -e, --exclude GLOB - Exclude files matching pattern (repeatable)

Output Format

The command outputs XML-formatted content:

• <directory_structure> - tree view of fetched files
• <files> - file contents wrapped in <file path="..."> tags

Examples

Copy# Fetch a specific directory
ungit -p facebook/react/packages/react

# Fetch from a branch
ungit -p vercel/next.js/examples@canary

# Filter: Only TypeScript files
ungit -p -i "*.ts" -i "*.tsx" user/repo/src

# Filter: Exclude tests and config files
ungit -p -e "*.test.*" -e "*.config.*" user/repo

# Filter: Combine filters
ungit -p -i "*.py" -e "*_test.py" user/repo/src

Notes

• Binary files show [binary file] placeholder
• Files >100KB show [file too large] placeholder
• Output goes to stdout for piping/capturing