microsoft · mjcheetham · Aug 13, 2025 · Jul 23, 2025 · Aug 12, 2025 · mjcheetham
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/release.yml b/.azure-pipelines/release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Install .NET SDK
     inputs:
       packageType: sdk
-      version: 5.0.201
+      version: 8.0.413
 
   - task: CmdLine@2
     displayName: Build VFS for Git

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: windows-2019
+    runs-on: windows-2025
     name: Build and Unit Test
 
     strategy:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install .NET SDK
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 5.0.201
+        dotnet-version: 8.0.413
 
     - name: Add MSBuild to PATH
       uses: microsoft/[email protected]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         path: artifacts\NuGetPackages
 
   functional_test:
-    runs-on: windows-2019
+    runs-on: windows-2025
     name: Functional Tests
     needs: build
 

diff --git a/.vsconfig b/.vsconfig
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
   "version": "1.0",
   "components": [
     "Microsoft.Component.MSBuild",
-    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop"
+    "Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.1.TargetingPack",
+    "Microsoft.Net.Component.4.7.1.SDK",
+    "Microsoft.Net.Core.Component.SDK.8.0",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.v143.x86.x64",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows11SDK.26100",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop",
     "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop",
-    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCoreTools",
-    "Microsoft.Net.Core.Component.SDK.2.1",
-    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.v141.x86.x64",
-    "Microsoft.Net.Component.4.6.1.TargetingPack",
-    "Microsoft.Net.Component.4.6.1.SDK",
+    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCoreTools"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/GVFS/FastFetch/FastFetch.csproj b/GVFS/FastFetch/FastFetch.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Common/GVFS.Common.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Common/GVFS.Common.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web" />
   </ItemGroup>
 

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.FunctionalTests.LockHolder/GVFS.FunctionalTests.LockHolder.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.FunctionalTests.LockHolder/GVFS.FunctionalTests.LockHolder.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.FunctionalTests/GVFS.FunctionalTests.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.FunctionalTests/GVFS.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.GVFlt/GVFS.GVFlt.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.GVFlt/GVFS.GVFlt.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Hooks/GVFS.Hooks.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Hooks/GVFS.Hooks.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Installers/GVFS.Installers.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Installers/GVFS.Installers.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <LayoutPath>$(RepoOutPath)GVFS.Payload\bin\$(Configuration)\win-x64\</LayoutPath>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Mount/GVFS.Mount.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Mount/GVFS.Mount.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.NativeTests/GVFS.NativeTests.vcxproj b/GVFS/GVFS.NativeTests/GVFS.NativeTests.vcxproj
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{3771C555-B5C1-45E2-B8B7-2CEF1619CDC5}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>GVFSNativeTests</RootNamespace>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>NotSet</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Payload/GVFS.Payload.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Payload/GVFS.Payload.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Payload/layout.bat b/GVFS/GVFS.Payload/layout.bat
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ SET OUTPUT=%5
 
 SET ROOT=%~dp0..\..
 SET BUILD_OUT="%ROOT%\..\out"
-SET MANAGED_OUT_FRAGMENT=bin\%CONFIGURATION%\net461\win-x64
+SET MANAGED_OUT_FRAGMENT=bin\%CONFIGURATION%\net471\win-x64
 SET NATIVE_OUT_FRAGMENT=bin\x64\%CONFIGURATION%
 
 ECHO Copying files...

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.PerfProfiling/GVFS.PerfProfiling.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.PerfProfiling/GVFS.PerfProfiling.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/GVFS.Platform.Windows.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/GVFS.Platform.Windows.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.PostIndexChangedHook/GVFS.PostIndexChangedHook.vcxproj b/GVFS/GVFS.PostIndexChangedHook/GVFS.PostIndexChangedHook.vcxproj
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{24D161E9-D1F0-4299-BBD3-5D940BEDD535}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>GVFSPostIndexChangedHook</RootNamespace>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <ProjectName>GVFS.PostIndexChangedHook</ProjectName>
     <TargetName>GVFS.PostIndexChangedHook</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.ReadObjectHook/GVFS.ReadObjectHook.vcxproj b/GVFS/GVFS.ReadObjectHook/GVFS.ReadObjectHook.vcxproj
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{5A6656D5-81C7-472C-9DC8-32D071CB2258}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>readobject</RootNamespace>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <ProjectName>GVFS.ReadObjectHook</ProjectName>
     <TargetName>GVFS.ReadObjectHook</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Service.UI/GVFS.Service.UI.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Service.UI/GVFS.Service.UI.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Service/GVFS.Service.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Service/GVFS.Service.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateWindowsAppManifest>true</GenerateWindowsAppManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Tests/GVFS.Tests.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Tests/GVFS.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/GVFS.UnitTests.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/GVFS.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.10.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
   <!-- Because the unit tests may run on a machine without ProjFS installed
        (such as CI machines) we must include the native library for the tests -->
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.VirtualFileSystemHook/GVFS.VirtualFileSystemHook.vcxproj b/GVFS/GVFS.VirtualFileSystemHook/GVFS.VirtualFileSystemHook.vcxproj
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{2D23AB54-541F-4ABC-8DCA-08C199E97ABB}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>GVFSVirtualFileSystemHook</RootNamespace>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <ProjectName>GVFS.VirtualFileSystemHook</ProjectName>
     <TargetName>GVFS.VirtualFileSystemHook</TargetName>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Virtualization/GVFS.Virtualization.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS.Virtualization/GVFS.Virtualization.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS/GVFS.csproj b/GVFS/GVFS/GVFS.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net471</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

diff --git a/GVFS/GitHooksLoader/GitHooksLoader.vcxproj b/GVFS/GitHooksLoader/GitHooksLoader.vcxproj
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{798DE293-6EDA-4DC4-9395-BE7A71C563E3}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>GitHooksLoader</RootNamespace>
-    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.16299.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>

diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ will notify you when new versions are available.
 ## Building VFS for Git
 
 If you'd like to build your own VFS for Git Windows installer:
-* Install Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition or higher (https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/).
+* Install Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition or higher (https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/).
   * Include the following workloads:
     * .NET desktop development
     * Desktop development with C++
     * .NET Core cross-platform development
   * Include the following additional components:
     * .NET Core runtime
-    * Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10240.0)
-* Install the .NET Core 2.1 SDK (https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/dotnet-core/2.1)
+    * Windows 10 or 11 SDK (10.0+)
+* Install the .NET Core 8 SDK (https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/dotnet-core/8)
 * Install [`nuget.exe`](https://www.nuget.org/downloads)
 * Create a folder to clone into, e.g. `C:\Repos\VFSForGit`
 * Clone this repo into the `src` subfolder, e.g. `C:\Repos\VFSForGit\src`
@@ -59,13 +59,7 @@ If you'd like to build your own VFS for Git Windows installer:
 build will fail, and the second and subsequent builds will succeed. This is because the build requires a prebuild code generation step.
 For details, see the build script in the previous step.
 
-You can also use Visual Studio 2019. There are a couple of options for getting all the dependencies.
-* You can install Visual Studio 2017 side by side with Visual Studio 2019, and make sure that you have all the dependencies from Visual Studio 2017 installed
-* Alternatively, if you only want to have Visual Studio 2019 installed, install the following extra dependencies:
-  * MSVC v141 VS 2017 C++ build tools via the optional components in the Visual Studio 2019 installer. It is under the "Desktop Development with C++" heading.
-  * Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10240.0) via the archived SDK page: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive
-
-Visual Studio 2019 will [automatically prompt you to install these dependencies](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/setup/configure-visual-studio-across-your-organization-with-vsconfig/) when you open the solution. The .vsconfig file that is present in the root of the repository specifies all required components _except_ the Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10240.0) as this component is no longer shipped with VS2019 - **you'll still need to install that separately**.
+Visual Studio 2022 will [automatically prompt you to install these dependencies](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/setup/configure-visual-studio-across-your-organization-with-vsconfig/) when you open the solution. The .vsconfig file that is present in the root of the repository specifies all required components.
 
 The installer can now be found at `C:\Repos\VFSForGit\BuildOutput\GVFS.Installer.Windows\bin\x64\[Debug|Release]\SetupGVFS.<version>.exe`