git push remote syntax

Dear all,

One thing I find a little frustrating about git is that the syntax needed 
differs by command. I wish the 'remote/branch' syntax was more universal:

git pull myremote/somebranch

complains about the syntax; IMO it should either pull from that branch (and 
merge if necessary) or complain instead that pulling from a different branch 
is not supported (and suggest using merge).

git push myremote/somebranch

should push there, i.e. be equivalent to

git push myremote HEAD:somebranch

These are just some comments about how I think git could be made easier to 
use. Apologies if the suggestions have already been discussed before.

Regards,

D Hardy