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I'm installing plugins using bower, but bower only downloads Footable v2.0.1, not the latest release of v2.0.1.5.

I've tried:

bower install --save-dev footable
bower install --save-dev footable#2.0.1.x

Both these download v2.0.1, I want the latest tagged release of v2 (v2.0.1.5).

Using #2.0.1.x also gave the error "ENORESTARGET: Tag/Branch 2.0.1.x does not exist".

SteB
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Bower package versions should follow semantic versioning.
In short, a valid semantic version is in the form of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.
2.0.1.5, for example, is not a valid semantic version.

You can get a list of available versions for a package by running the following command:

bower info footable

For footable you the results are:

Available versions:
  - 2.0.1
  - 2.0.0
  - 0.5.0
  - 0.1.0
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  • That explains it! Can I use bower to stay updated or is it impossible for plugins using 4-part versions? – SteB Sep 18 '14 at 11:02
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    You can force Bower to download a specific 4-part version by specifying the exact version. Other than that, it looks like all non semver versions are being filtered from the available version list (after looking inside GitResolver.js) – Dror Bereznitsky Sep 18 '14 at 11:08