Restore Fails for ASP.NET Core MVC RC in VS 2015 When Installing with Bower

Environment

Product	Progress® Kendo UI® for jQuery Bower Installation
Operating System	Windows 10 64bit

Description

A Git client that is bundled in Visual Studio is unable to authenticate with the Kendo UI Bower repository.

Error Message

ECMDERR Failed to execute "git ls-remote --tags --heads https://bower.telerik.com/bower-kendo-ui.git", exit code of #-532462766.

Solution

Use a Windows port of Git and your stored credentials instead of the built-in client:

1. Store your credentials.
2. Install Git for Windows.
3. Right-click the Bower folder under Dependencies.
4. Select Configure external tools.
5. Uncheck $(DevEnvDir)\Extensions\Microsoft\Web Tools\External\git and/or $(VSINSTALLDIR)\Web\External\git.
6. Add a new entry C:\Program Files\Git\bin or your installation location.

Add a new entry