Issue Installing LibGit2Sharp 0.25.2

[jspencer92]

Reproduction steps

Attempt Nuget install of LibGit2Sharp 0.25.2 on project targeting .Net versions 4.5.x, 4.6.x, 4.7.x

Expected behavior

Install without error

Actual behavior

Install fails with error:
Could not install package 'LibGit2Sharp 0.25.2'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author.

Version of LibGit2Sharp (release number or SHA1)

0.25.2

Operating system(s) tested; .NET runtime tested

Windows 7, VS2015, .Net 4.5.2, 4.6.1, 4.7.1, 4.7.2

[bording]

You're still using Visual Studio 2015? You need additional tooling installed to work with .NET Standard 2.0 libraries.

First, you need to install NuGet 3.6.0: https://dist.nuget.org/visualstudio-2015-vsix/v3.6.0/NuGet.Tools.vsix

Once you have that installed, you should see a different error message telling you that you need to install something else to have .NET Standard 2.0 support, and it will include a link. Install that, and then you should be able to use any .NET Standard 2.0 library, including LibGit2Sharp.

If you want to target anything other than .NET Framework 4.7.2, then you'll also need to edit your project file and add <ImplicitlyExpandDesignTimeFacades>false</ImplicitlyExpandDesignTimeFacades> to a PropertyGroup in the file.

However, what you should really do is start using Visual Studio 2017 instead.

[jspencer92]

Thanks for the quick reply. Hoping to upgrade to 2017 soon, but in the meantime your workaround works just fine.