title: Cannot remove remote origin
body: <p>I'm running git 1.8.0 on OS X, and every new git repo seems to have a remote called "origin":</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git init
  $ git remote
  origin
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What's odd is that I can't remove it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git remote remove origin
  error: Could not remove config section 'remote.origin'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And therefore I can't add a new remote called <code>origin</code>. Why is this? What can I do to change it?</p>