bower ECMDERR Failed to execute "git ls-remote --tags --heads > [email protected]:mobify/bellows.git", exit code of #128

Question

I am trying to install the pinny1.0 plugin using bower as:

bower install https://github.com/mobify/pinny.git#pinny-1.0

But meanwhile installing the plugin, I am getting issues as:

bower ECMDERR Failed to execute "git ls-remote --tags --heads [email protected]:mobify/bellows.git", exit code of #128

Additional error details: Host key verification failed. fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

I am not sure how this is redirecting from pinny1.0 to bellows.git.

I have tried to check the issue on Github bug tracking and find some discussion at #1426 but did not get much idea as I am not working on some proxy server.

Watercress

Answer 1

I had The same Problem with Install packages using Bower.

This Problem happen because bower proxy configuration, you need to make bower use http:// Instead of git:// when install packages. you can Solve this problem using .bowerrc File.

Just create .bowerrc File and set proxy and https-proxy configuration :

{
  "proxy" : "http://<host>:<port>",
  "https-proxy" : "http://<host>:<port>"
}

More About Bower Documentation for .bowerrc File

There Two Questions about bower proxy configuration in StackOverflow : First Question , second Question

Update:

IF the First Solution Does not Work, you can try suggest @thebignet into same issue on GitHub

Set proxy, https-proxy and strict-ssl configuration into .bowerrc File :

{
  "proxy"       : "http://<host>:<port>",
  "https-proxy" : "http://<host>:<port>",
  "strict-ssl"  : false
} 

But you must run Command from terminal:

git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://

Scotticism

It may be a basic question but where to I put the .bowerrc file? – Overshoot

@VincentGauthier put .bowerrc file into root path for your app folder Like bower.json file and package.json file – Scotticism

Answer 2

That is indeed an odd error. Interestingly, the git URL looks malformed.

[email protected]:mobify/bellows.git

There's no 'c' in .com. It is also weird that pinny is trying to pull bellows in; they're totally unrelated.

Could you let me know what OS and version of bower you're using?

I'll try to reproduce this and let you know if I find anything.

Lieu

Hi Steve sorry that is a typo and the URL is github.com:mobify. On the other hand, the OS is windows 7 pro x64. I am doing it using the git bash not by any browser. I am also wondering that why installing pinny is related to the bellows? May be due to some internal dependencies ? Also FYI, I have the updated bellows installed already inside the bower_plugins of mu application. – Watercress

It shouldn't be related at all. In fact, I can't seem to reproduce this issue on OSX or windows, so I'm a bit confused. Can you post your bower.json? – Lieu