Repository.Clone() not working within a Azure Function (Unable to load DLL 'git2-6311e88')

I’m trying to clone repositories in an Azure Function to determine if repositories are up and cloneable.

The following code does work in a Console App (.NET Core) project but not in an Azure function project

var tempPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D"));
Directory.CreateDirectory(tempPath);

var cloneDirectory = Path.Combine(tempPath, "clone");

var repositoryLocation = @"https://github.com/anthonyhuebers/GitClone.git";
var cloneResult = Repository.Clone(repositoryLocation, cloneDirectory, new CloneOptions());

In an Azure function project i get the following exception message:

The type initializer for ‘LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods’ threw an exception.

With inner exception:

Unable to load DLL ‘git2-6311e88’: The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

Any idea why it’s not working? You can reproduce the problem by checking my git repository: https://github.com/anthonyhuebers/GitClone. I’m using LibGit2Sharp 0.25.0

[ethomson]

(Oops it was already closed. In that case I’m reopening it accidentally so that I can dramatically close it again.)

[anthonyhuebers]

This morning I solved the problem. I used an Azure Function v1 (.NET Framework instead of .NET Standard) with the LibGit2Sharp 0.21.0.176. When you include the native binary in the release it is working!