docs: def _remote(self, name):
          """Return a remote for which 'name' matches the short_name or url """
          from ambry.orm import Remote
          from sqlalchemy import or_
          from ambry.orm.exc import NotFoundError
          from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound, MultipleResultsFound
  
          if not name.strip():
              raise NotFoundError("Empty remote name")
  
          try:
              try:
                  r = self.database.session.query(Remote).filter(Remote.short_name == name).one()
              except NoResultFound as e:
                  r = None
  
              if not r:
                  r = self.database.session.query(Remote).filter(Remote.url == name).one()
  
          except NoResultFound as e:
              raise NotFoundError(str(e)+'; '+name)
          except MultipleResultsFound as e:
              self.logger.error("Got multiple results for search for remote '{}': {}".format(name, e))
              return None
  
          return r