Added Remote.exists() method, and test. Fixes #229

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git/remote.py b/git/remote.py
index 4d249004..deddd1f4 100644
--- a/git/remote.py
+++ b/git/remote.py
@@ -397,6 +397,19 @@ class Remote(LazyMixin, Iterable):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.name)
 
+    def exists(self):
+        """:return: True if this is a valid, existing remote.
+        Valid remotes have an entry in the repository's configuration"""
+        try:
+            self.config_reader.get('url')
+            return True
+        except cp.NoOptionError:
+            # we have the section at least ... 
+            return True
+        except cp.NoSectionError:
+            return False
+        # end
+
     @classmethod
     def iter_items(cls, repo):
         """:return: Iterator yielding Remote objects of the given repository"""