Re: Cleaning up git user-interface warts

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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5. Adding something like git-fetch --all to allow it to pick up all new
   branches

IIRC this idea was rejected, but I would find it useful. Especially with 
what Han-Wen said: you can store the branches you fetch with "git fetch 
--all <nick>" under .git/refs/remotes/<nick>/<branchname>.

With separate-remote layout, this can be done without risk of
tracking refname clashing with local refname, which was the
primary reason for an earlier reluctance.  

While separate-remote layout also solves Carl's "do not want to
track tracking branches remote has" problem, local branch
namespace can have both for-others (not necessarily "public" but
could be "for colleagues") and throwaway branches, so --all is
probably not the right thing to do in most cases.  But I am Ok
with the approach of seeing how well it works out in practice by
doing the simplest "--all" and giving options to restrict it
later.