def get_remote_url(cls, location):
        """
        Return URL of the first remote encountered.

        Raises RemoteNotFoundError if the repository does not have a remote
        url configured.
        """
        # We need to pass 1 for extra_ok_returncodes since the command
        # exits with return code 1 if there are no matching lines.
        stdout = cls.run_command(
            ['config', '--get-regexp', r'remote\..*\.url'],
            extra_ok_returncodes=(1, ),
            show_stdout=False,
            stdout_only=True,
            cwd=location,
        )
        remotes = stdout.splitlines()
        try:
            found_remote = remotes[0]
        except IndexError:
            raise RemoteNotFoundError

        for remote in remotes:
            if remote.startswith('remote.origin.url '):
                found_remote = remote
                break
        url = found_remote.split(' ')[1]
        return url.strip()