GitVersion fails on linux (debian)

[mabead]

I start from a clean docker image of debian that contains mono:

docker run --name test -it --rm mono /bin/bash

Then, inside the container, I run these commands to get GitVersion.exe and run it:

apt-get update
apt-get install unzip
cd /tmp
curl -L https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/releases/download/v4.0.0-beta.11/GitVersion_4.0.0-beta0011.zip -o GitVersion.zip
unzip GitVersion.zip -d GitVersion
cd GitVersion
mono GitVersion.exe

This fails with the following error:

Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: lib/linux/x86_64/libgit2-baa87df.so
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods:git_libgit2_init ()
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject..ctor () [0x00006] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods..cctor () [0x00058] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject.Finalize () [0x00000] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: lib/linux/x86_64/libgit2-baa87df.so
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods:git_libgit2_init ()
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject..ctor () [0x00006] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods..cctor () [0x00058] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject.Finalize () [0x00000] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0

I then try to execute apt-get install libcurl3 as suggested on the GitVersion web site and it still fails this way:

root@aa9f70e08233:/tmp/GitVersion# apt-get install libcurl3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libcurl3 is already the newest version.
libcurl3 set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
root@aa9f70e08233:/tmp/GitVersion# mono GitVersion.exe

Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: lib/linux/x86_64/libgit2-baa87df.so
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods:git_libgit2_init ()
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject..ctor () [0x00006] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods..cctor () [0x00058] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject.Finalize () [0x00000] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: lib/linux/x86_64/libgit2-baa87df.so
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods:git_libgit2_init ()
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject..ctor () [0x00006] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods..cctor () [0x00058] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods+LibraryLifetimeObject.Finalize () [0x00000] in <1a5aafd5a5444cd6a1420741ccbb6f8a>:0

Any idea of what I am missing?

[asbjornu]

Seems related to #1097 and #1125, which are both still unresolved. Not sure we can advance this in any way unless someone can take a lead on getting it fixed. I don't use Linux, so I'm not really in a good position to figure this out.

[mabead]

Good, I will try later to see if the workaround described in #1125 works for me.

[asbjornu]

@mabead: Please have a look at #1097 (comment) and report back if that also works for you.

[JakeGinnivan]

This issue is because the libgit2 config has a relative path, I am going to submit a PR later today with a docker build which will be released as part of GitVersions release. But you can grab a working image from gittools/gitversion right now. In this image I make the libgit2 reference absolute

Going to close this

[mabead]

@JakeGinnivan Thanks!