Re: git remote rename, why dosen't it exists?

> Hi,
> 
> [please do not top-post: it makes it very hard to follow the flow, 
> especially on a high-volume mailing list like this.]
> 

> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Victor Bogado da Silva Lins wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 14:49 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Victor Bogado da Silva Lins wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Well, that's about it, I need to rename my remotes. Mainly to move 
> > > > the origin to another repository and I miss the feature. Since many 
> > > > time there is a reason for a missing feature, I fought that maybe I 
> > > > should ask here, before nosing around the sources... :)
> > > 
> > > The reason is easy to find: nobody cared enough about this feature to 
> > > implement it.
> > > 
> > > Just tell me if you want to do it, I'll provide you with the necessary 
> > > details.
> >
> > I don't mind trying. :P Pointers would help me, I already found that the
> > git-remote source is on the file builtin-remote.c, bu I have not yet
> > found the main function of it.
> 
> There is no main function, since it is a builtin.  The "main" function is 
> called cmd_remote().
> 
> You might find inspiration with the rm() function, or might even be able 
> to refactor the rm() function into an rm(), and an rm_or_rename() which
> does both rm() and rename() depending on a second parameter being NULL or 
> not.