Feature request: Update remote url if it is redirected.

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Some git hosting services, like Github, a url to a git repository can
be changed by changing the name of the repository by the owner. If
someone tries to get the repository with the old url, usually the
hosting service serves the request with the repository indiciated by
the new url. It is very helpful for the users who don't know the url
has been changed.

In such case, I think it is recommended to update the user's remote
url with the new one because the old url possibily does not work if
the hosting service does not keep the old url anymore, or worse, works
incorrectly if someone makes a repository with the old url.

To fix the potential problem, it would be nice if Git client asks the
user, while fetching objects from a remote url, to update the url if
it is changed. If the client and the server is talking in HTTP, it is
easy to know the url is changed if the server responses with 301 Moved
Permantely or 308 Permanet Redirect.
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