title: Cannot install web3 node module
body: <p>As per the documentation, <code>npm install web3</code> would install the library but when I am trying to install the module it is throwing the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>PS F:\Sportist&gt; npm install web3
  npm WARN deprecated fs-promise@2.0.3: Use mz or fs-extra^3.0 with Promise Support
  npm WARN deprecated tar.gz@1.0.7: ⚠️  WARNING ⚠️ tar.gz module has been deprecated and your application is vulnerable. Please use tar module instead: https://npmjs.com/tar
  npm ERR! Error while executing:
  npm ERR! C:\Users\aayush.thakur\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd\git.EXE ls-remote -h -t git://github.com/frozeman/WebSocket-Node.git
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! fatal: read error: Invalid argument
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! exited with error code: 128
  
  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
  npm ERR!     C:\Users\aayush.thakur\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-08-01T07_46_08_899Z-debug.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>complete log: <a href="https://pastebin.com/7Wg3HTMV" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link</a></p>