Bower and Version Conflicts

bower.json

{
  "name": "b",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "authors": [
    "Rob Howard <rob@robhoward.id.au>"
  ],
  "license": "MIT",
  "ignore": [
    "**/.*",
    "node_modules",
    "bower_components",
    "test",
    "tests"
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "moment-fromNowUpdate": "~0.1.0",
    "momentous": "*"
  }
}

bower_with_tty

$ rm -rf bower_components
$ bower install
bower momentous#*           not-cached git://github.com/thom801/momentous.git#*
bower momentous#*              resolve git://github.com/thom801/momentous.git#*
bower moment-fromNowUpdate#~0.1.0           cached git://github.com/garethadavies/moment.fromNowUpdate.git#0.1.0
bower moment-fromNowUpdate#~0.1.0         validate 0.1.0 against git://github.com/garethadavies/moment.fromNowUpdate.git#~0.1.0
bower momentous#*                         checkout master
bower moment#2.1.0                          cached git://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.1.0
bower moment#2.1.0                        validate 2.1.0 against git://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.1.0
bower momentous#*                         resolved git://github.com/thom801/momentous.git#a3c3c55fe3
bower moment#~2.8.x                         cached git://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.8.4
bower moment#~2.8.x                       validate 2.8.4 against git://github.com/moment/moment.git#~2.8.x
bower bootstrap#~2.3.x                      cached git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#2.3.2
bower bootstrap#~2.3.x                    validate 2.3.2 against git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#~2.3.x
bower jquery#>=1.8.0 <2.1.0                 cached git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#2.0.3
bower jquery#>=1.8.0 <2.1.0               validate 2.0.3 against git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#>=1.8.0 <2.1.0

Unable to find a suitable version for moment, please choose one:
    1) moment#2.1.0 which resolved to 2.1.0 and is required by moment-fromNowUpdate#0.1.0
    2) moment#~2.8.x which resolved to 2.8.4 and is required by momentous#a3c3c55fe3

Prefix the choice with ! to persist it to bower.json

? Answer: !2
bower moment                            resolution Saved moment#~2.8.x as resolution
bower moment-fromNowUpdate#~0.1.0          install moment-fromNowUpdate#0.1.0
bower moment#~2.8.x                        install moment#2.8.4
bower momentous#*                          install momentous#a3c3c55fe3
bower bootstrap#~2.3.x                     install bootstrap#2.3.2
bower jquery#>=1.8.0 <2.1.0                install jquery#2.0.3

moment-fromNowUpdate#0.1.0 bower_components/moment-fromNowUpdate
└── moment#2.8.4

moment#2.8.4 bower_components/moment

momentous#a3c3c55fe3 bower_components/momentous
├── bootstrap#2.3.2
└── moment#2.8.4

bootstrap#2.3.2 bower_components/bootstrap
└── jquery#2.0.3

jquery#2.0.3 bower_components/jquery

bower_without_tty

$ rm -rf bower_components
$ nohup bower install
appending output to nohup.out
^Z
[1]+  Stopped                 nohup bower install
$ bg
[1]+ nohup bower install &
$ tail -n200 -f nohup.out
bower momentous#*           not-cached git://github.com/thom801/momentous.git#*
bower momentous#*              resolve git://github.com/thom801/momentous.git#*
bower moment-fromNowUpdate#~0.1.0           cached git://github.com/garethadavies/moment.fromNowUpdate.git#0.1.0
bower moment-fromNowUpdate#~0.1.0         validate 0.1.0 against git://github.com/garethadavies/moment.fromNowUpdate.git#~0.1.0
bower moment#2.1.0                          cached git://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.1.0
bower moment#2.1.0                        validate 2.1.0 against git://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.1.0
bower momentous#*                         checkout master
bower momentous#*                         resolved git://github.com/thom801/momentous.git#a3c3c55fe3
bower moment#~2.8.x                         cached git://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.8.4
bower moment#~2.8.x                       validate 2.8.4 against git://github.com/moment/moment.git#~2.8.x
bower bootstrap#~2.3.x                      cached git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#2.3.2
bower bootstrap#~2.3.x                    validate 2.3.2 against git://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git#~2.3.x
bower jquery#>=1.8.0 <2.1.0                 cached git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#2.0.3
bower jquery#>=1.8.0 <2.1.0               validate 2.0.3 against git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#>=1.8.0 <2.1.0
bower                                    ECONFLICT Unable to find suitable version for moment