bower or grunt keeps removing jquery from index.html
bower, gruntjs, jquery
Solution
There's a long answer here, but I only have time for a short one, and I figured I might as well give that instead of nothing!
`bower-install` is a task that depends on Bower packages properly specifying a `main` property inside of their `bower.json`. Some recent stuff has gone on with the jQuery Bower package, and it no longer specifies this property. Without, `grunt-bower-install` can't help much.
The solution is to manually include that reference to jQuery outside of the `<!-- bower:js --><!-- endbower -->` block in your HTML.
Sorry for the frustration. Hopefully, jQuery will fix its bower.json soon.
Problem
This is driving me crazy. So far Bower+Grunt (via Yeoman) has been a major source of frustration and a waste of time. All I want is my app to use the latest (2.1.0) version of jquery. `bower list` correctly reported jquery 2.1.0 as an official update. I ran `bower install --save jquery` to update to the last version, which it did. The `bower list` command now correctly reports `jquery#2.1.0` as a dependency, and the `bower.json` file now correctly lists jquery with the wanted version as a dependency: ``` { "name": "xxx", "version": "0.0.0", "dependencies": { ... "angular": "1.2.13", "jquery": "~2.1.0", "sizzle": "1.10.16", "bootstrap": "~3.0.3", ... ``` But every time I run `grunt build` or `grunt serve` the `<script src="bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>` list gets removed from `index.html`, preventing the entire app from functioning. ``` #> grunt serve Running "serve" task Running "clean:server" (clean) task Cleaning .tmp...OK Running "bower-install:app" (bower-install) task jquery was not injected in your file. Please go take a look in "app/bower_components/jquery" for the file you need, then manually include it in your file. Running "concurrent:server" (concurrent) task ... ``` Adding it manually doesn't solve anything. I'm completely stuck. There must be something I am doing wrong but I've been banging my head for a long time while being completely unproductive. Thank you.