Re: [RFC/PATCH] remote: add new sync command

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>> That makes sense. But I think it fits in with git's current UI to do
>> this via a combination of push options and refspecs. Even if we want to
>> wrap it in some "git remote" command for convenience, I think what
>> you're asking should be implemented as part of "git push".
>
> Yeah, I think it makes sense to give --prune to "push" just like "fetch"
> already has. These two are the primary (and in the ideal world, only)
> operations that talk to the outside world. "remote add -f" might have been
> a tempting "convenience" feature, but I personally think it probably was a
> mistake for the exact reason that letting anything but "push" and "fetch"
> talk to the outside world just invites more confusion. There does not have
> to be 47 different ways to do the same thing.