It might be handy to have a single command that helps you manage
your configuration that relates to downloading from remote
repositories. This currently does only about 20% of what I want
it to do.
$ git remote
shows the list of 'remotes' you have defined somewhere, and
$ git remote origin
shows the details about the named remote (in this case
"origin"). How the branches are tracked, if you have a
tracking branch that is stale, etc.
$ git add another git://git.kernel.org/pub/...
defines the default remote.another.url and remote.another.fetch
entries just like a clone does; you can say "git fetch another"
afterwards.
For it to be useful, I think it should be enhanced to:
- check overlaps of tracking branches and warn;
- offer to remove stale tracking branches in one go;
- offer ways to remove or rename remote;
- offer ways to update an existing remote, perhaps have an
interactive mode;
Other enhancements might be also possible, but I do not think of
anything that is absolutely necessary other than the above right
now.