TypeInitializationException - unable to load shared library git2-106a5f2

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#1,994 opened on Oct 28, 2022 3 comments 3 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: csharp, git
Domain: devtools

Research direction

Start with the Repository constructor and follow the NativeMethods.InitializeNativeLibrary() path shown in the stack trace, reproducing on Linux Mint with .NET 6 and the listed LibGit2Sharp versions. Investigate why the git2-106a5f2 shared library cannot be loaded; done means the provided Repository creation no longer crashes on the reported environment.

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Description

Reproduction steps

Repository repo = new Repository();

Expected behavior

Program should not crash

Actual behavior

Program crashes with the following text:

An exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occured in LibGit2Sharp.dll but was not handled in user code: 'The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.Nativemethods' threw an exception.'
libgit2-106a5f2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods.git_libgit2_init()
at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods.InitializeNativeLibrary()
at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods..cctor()

Version of LibGit2Sharp (release number or SHA1)

0.26.2
0.27.0-preview-0182

Operating system(s) tested; .NET runtime tested

OS: Linux Mint
Kernel: 5.15.0-41
.NET SDK / runtime: 6.0.110

Dominant language: C#
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