title: Git / Bower Errors: Exit Code # 128 & Failed connect
body: <p>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:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Scott&gt;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    
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried using the following solution to remove the first error - which I found from this <a href="https://github.com/bower/bower/issues/689" rel="noreferrer">search</a>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>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).</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Command window with errors:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ISTAh.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>