What does the ionic plugin wrapper do?

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I just installed ionic v3 (3.19.1). The newer plugin installer is causing me issues.

ie: ionic cordova plugin add ionic cordova plugin add https://github.com/lampaa/com.lampa.startapp.git

Errors out with:

> cordova plugin add https://github.com/lampaa/com.lampa.startapp.git --save
(node:7616) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Failed to fetch plugin https://github.com/lampaa/com.lampa.startapp.git via registry.
Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.
Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output:
npm ERR! code 128
npm ERR! Command failed: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.EXE submodule update -q --init --recursive
npm ERR! fatal: 'submodule' appears to be a git command, but we were not
npm ERR! able to execute it. Maybe git-submodule is broken?
npm ERR!

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\rolin\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-02-16T13_51_35_137Z-debug.log

However, if I just do the traditional cordova plugin add ... on the same plugin it installs just fine?

If I don’t use the ionic wrapper, does that impact my project at all?

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In fact, the wrapper seems inconsistent. On another plugin, I use the ionic cordova plugin add.... and it fails…then I try again and it works.

Regardless of the plugin, when it does error out, the most consistent error I am getting is trying to fetch certain packages using git:

cordova-device-information-plugin
npm ERR! code 128
npm ERR! Command failed: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.EXE submodule update -q --init --recursive
npm ERR! fatal: ‘submodule’ appears to be a git command, but we were not
npm ERR! able to execute it. Maybe git-submodule is broken?

cordova-instagram-plugin
Discovered plugin “cordova-instagram-plugin” in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing “cordova-instagram-plugin” for android
Failed to install ‘cordova-instagram-plugin’: CordovaError: Failed to fetch plugin GitHub - Visigo/CordovaClipboard: Clipboard management plugin for Cordova/PhoneGap via registry.