Getting this error when ever i want to do npm install inside the app folder

[saugatpahari]

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! git dep preparation failed
npm ERR! command C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\pahar\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js install --force --cache=C:\Users\pahar\AppData\Local\npm-cache --prefer-offline=false --prefer-online=false --offline=false --no-progress --no-save --no-audit --include=dev --include=peer --include=optional --no-package-lock-only --no-dry-run
npm ERR! npm WARN using --force Recommended protections disabled.
npm ERR! npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! npm ERR! The git reference could not be found
npm ERR! npm ERR! command git --no-replace-objects checkout 4.0
npm ERR! npm ERR! error: pathspec '4.0' did not match any file(s) known to git
npm ERR!

[dermatologist]

Try

npm cache clear
git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://