libgit2sharp is not working on latest version of LinqPad

[augustoproiete]

Reproduction steps

On a new LinqPad query, add the LibGit2Sharp NuGet package, and try to perform any operation using the Repository class, such as a simple check with Repository.IsValid().

e.g.

void Main()
{
	Console.WriteLine(Repository.IsValid(@"C:\Temp\"));
}

Expected behavior

Output True or False depending if C:\Temp is a valid Git repo.

Actual behavior

Exception thrown:

The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception.

Unable to load DLL 'git2-572e4d8': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E | Unable to load DLL 'git2-572e4d8': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E

Version of LibGit2Sharp (release number or SHA1)

0.26.2

Operating system(s) tested; .NET runtime tested

• Windows 7
• .NET Framework 4.7.2
• LinqPad 5.36.03

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/cc @albahari

[bording]

What is the latest version of LibGit2Sharp that works?

[augustoproiete]

@bording Version 0.25.4 works fine

[bording]

@caioproiete The reason you're seeing that is that #1563 changed the behavior around how we find the native binary. We used to modify the PATH environment variable, but now we no longer do that. I believe LINQPad currently modifies the PATH to get native binaries loaded correctly, so that no longer works for LibGit2Sharp.

There is a GlobalSettings.NativeLibraryPath API that you could call to manually set the path to the native binary, but that API currently appends x86 or x64 to whatever is specified, so that doesn't work right now either.

I think we could make some changes here to allow you to pass in the path to LINQPad's on-disk copy of the binary, but in the mean time, you're going to need to stick with 0.25.4 if you want to use it from LINQPad.

[augustoproiete]

This has been fixed in newer versions of LinqPad and LibGit2Sharp works as expected (at least) on LinqPad v6.10.13 (x64)