Git / Bower Errors: Exit Code # 128 & Failed connect
bower, git
Solution
Port 22 was being blocked on my computer. Once I found what was blocking it and opened the port, I was able to run the bower install cmd without any issues.
Problem
I am using Bower to install several libraries. For demonstration purposes here, I am installing bootstrap. Regardless of the package, I receive the following errors: ``` C:\Scott>bower install bootstrap bower not-cached git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#* bower resolve git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#* bower ECMDERR Failed to execute "git ls-remote --tags --heads git://github .com/twbs/bootstrap.git", exit code of #128 Additional error details: fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git/': Failed connect to github.com:443; No error ``` I have tried using the following solution to remove the first error - which I found from this search: ``` git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git:// ``` However, this does not work nor do any of the other solutions found on that page. Searching for a solution for the 2nd error, it seems that setting a username/pwd for a proxy server will resolve the issue if you are on a corporate network/behind a firewall. However, I am not using a proxy server as I am on my home pc/network (windows 7 x64). Thanks! EDIT: Command window with errors: