Re: How do I "git fetch" with a custom <refspec> but a default remote?

> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:26:25AM -0800, Chris Torek wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:52 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>> > If we were starting from scratch, then I think that might have been
>> > nicer, because --default-remote would be implied if there is no
>> > "--remote" option. And then my lazy-to-type:
>> >
>> >   git fetch topic
>> >
>> > would just work. But given that we have the positional <remote>
>> > parameter already, I don't think adding --remote gives much value. And
>> > it raises the question of what "git fetch --remote=foo --remote=bar"
>> > means (I think the answer is last-one-wins).
>> 
>> Since `git fetch` can fetch from more than one remote, it seems to me
>> to make more sense to mean "fetch from each".
>
> Ah, right, I forgot that --multiple existed. Without it, specifying
> multiple remotes makes no sense at all. But perhaps giving multiple
> --remote would implicitly specify "--multiple". That makes sense to me.
>
>> (This isn't necessarily an argument in favor of adding these options,
>> just my suggestion for what multiple `--remote=` settings would mean.)
>
> Likewise. "makes sense" above mostly means I would not object to it, but
> I am not advocating for it. :)