diff --git a/ports/libgit2/CONTROL b/ports/libgit2/CONTROL
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+++ b/ports/libgit2/CONTROL
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+Source: libgit2
+Version: 0.26.0
+Description: Git linkable library
diff --git a/ports/libgit2/portfile.cmake b/ports/libgit2/portfile.cmake
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+++ b/ports/libgit2/portfile.cmake
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+# libgit2 uses winapi functions not available in WindowsStore
+if (VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL WindowsStore)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Error: UWP builds are not supported.")
+endif()
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO libgit2/libgit2
+    REF v0.26.0
+    SHA512 b6e51f2216c7c23f352572b780ea1325a25a517396709f036bb573295c2bd02aa505ba616846ac7e07863e99e640e7d47fefc5727478a257b283da99060ee47c
+    HEAD_REF master)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS 
+        -DBUILD_CLAR=OFF
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+		-DBUILD_CLAR=OFF
+)
+	
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libgit2)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libgit2/COPYING ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libgit2/copyright)