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ERROR: Could not build wheels for pygit2 which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by reproducing the pygit2 installation failure and capture the complete PEP 517 build output; the issue does not name a file, test, Python version, or platform. Done means identifying the installation cause and confirming that pygit2 installs successfully in the affected environment.

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Description

can't install pygit2, this error throws while installing it

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