I could. But I think it was a good idea to add that to the `clone` command because that's the first command you must use when you use git-tfs. For a first time user it will be much easier to have only one entry point, the `clone` command (if he looks just the command line help or the wiki pages). A new user will never use this new command if we introduce it...
And because after having clone the tfs repository, you should use the `branch` command that give you more informations (but require a valid repository!) and this informations are no more need. So create a new command just for that worrie me...