Failure to start gvfs.service in docker

[luceCoding]

I am not able to mount a repo in docker with gvfs.
Error:

Cloning...Succeeded
Fetching commits and trees from origin (no cache server)...Succeeded
Attaching ProjFS to volume...Failed. Run 'gvfs log C:\project\Solutions' for more info.
GVFS.Service is not responding. Run 'sc start GVFS.Service' from an elevated command prompt to ensure it is running.

Even running the commands as container admin still fails.

When I run the powershell command:

Get-service gvfs.service

Status   Name               DisplayName
------   ----               -----------
Stopped  GVFS.Service       gvfs.service

It shows it has stopped. When trying to restart it, it fails to start.

restart-service : Failed to start service 'gvfs.service (GVFS.Service)'.
At line:1 char:1
+ restart-service gvfs.service
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControl
   ler:ServiceController) [Restart-Service], ServiceCommandException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
   .RestartServiceCommand

Here are mount logs, scrubbed my git links for personal reasons:

[2020-09-22 10:44:39.0016 -07:00] ExecuteMount (Start) {"Version":"1.0.20210.1","EnlistmentRoot":"C:\\project\\Solutions","Remote":"<SCRUBBED>","ObjectsEndpoint":"<SCRUBBED>","Unattended":false,"IsElevated":true,"NamedPipeName":"GVFS_C_\\PROJECT\\SOLUTIONS","EnlistmentRootPathParameter":"C:\\project\\Solutions"}
[2020-09-22 10:44:41.7156 -07:00] MountVerb_Execute_EnablingKernelDriverViaService {"KernelDriver.IsReady_Error":"","Message":"Service will retry"}
[2020-09-22 10:44:44.7210 -07:00] Error {"ErrorMessage":"GVFS.Service is not responding. Run 'sc start GVFS.Service' from an elevated command prompt to ensure it is running."}
[2020-09-22 10:44:44.7210 -07:00] ExecuteMount (Stop) {"DurationMs":6125}

Docker version 19.03.12, build 48a66213fe
Dockerfile:

# escape=`

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1903

WORKDIR C:\project

# Restore the default Windows shell for correct batch processing.
SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; $VerbosePreference = 'Continue';"]

ADD https://github.com/microsoft/VFSForGit/releases/download/v1.0.20210.1/Git-2.28.0.vfs.0.0-64-bit.exe C:\TEMP\Git-2.28.0.vfs.0.0-64-bit.exe
ADD https://github.com/microsoft/VFSForGit/releases/download/v1.0.20210.1/SetupGVFS.1.0.20210.1.exe C:\TEMP\SetupGVFS.1.0.20210.1.exe

RUN Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Client-ProjFS -NoRestart
RUN Start-Process -Wait -FilePath C:\TEMP\SetupGVFS.1.0.20210.1.exe -ArgumentList @('/VERYSILENT', '/SP-', '/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES') | Wait-Process -Timeout 60 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable timeouted

RUN Start-Process -Wait -FilePath C:\TEMP\Git-2.28.0.vfs.0.0-64-bit.exe -ArgumentList @('/VERYSILENT', '/SP-', '/SUPPRESSMSGBOXES')

ENTRYPOINT ["powershell.exe", "-NoLogo", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Unrestricted"]]

[derrickstolee]

The ProjFS filter driver needs to be running on "bare-metal" Windows, so I'm not surprised that Docker fails in this scenario.

Could you explain more about your scenario and why you want to clone using VFS for Git in Docker?

[luceCoding]

Currently trying to create a docker build environment for enterprise scale repos. We can't afford to download 20GB+ size repos.

[derrickstolee]

Currently trying to create a docker build environment for enterprise scale repos. We can't afford to download 20GB+ size repos.

Perhaps you would still be interested in Scalar which uses the same protocol as VFS for Git (when cloning from Azure Repos) but doesn't have the requirement of a filesystem driver? If you are doing a build that requires most of the files in the working directory, then consider running the following:

scalar clone --full-clone <url>

See the Getting Started documentation for more details.