A used repository hasn't been enabled

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I installed the Steam client by running (reference):

$ sudo dnf install -y fedora-workstation-repositories
$ sudo dnf install -y steam --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-steam

The sudo dnf repolist command doesn’t display the added repo:

repo id                        repo name
fedora                         Fedora 32 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264          Fedora 32 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular                 Fedora Modular 32 - x86_64
rpmfusion-free                 RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Free
rpmfusion-free-updates         RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Free - Updates
updates                        Fedora 32 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular                Fedora Modular 32 - x86_64 - Updates

I never wanted to add the non-free repository permanently, only temporarily in order to install Steam. Does this confirm that no rpmfusion-nonfree repo is used on my system?

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rpmfusion-nonfree is not used on that system.

it would show up as
rpmfusion-nonfree
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates

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rpmfusion-nonfree is not used on that system.

So it seems. I’d like to know why the repo hasn’t been added and what the commands specifically do.

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Enabling the RPM Fusion repositories using command-line utilities

Although, you don’t really need fedora-workstation-repositories to install steam nowadays as it is provided by the rpmfusion-nonfree repository.

See also: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/confused-about-repositories/65557/2?u=vgaetera

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The command you typed doesn’t enable that repo permanently, but only for that transaction. You can use dnf config-manager to permanently enable/disable repositories.

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dnf docs more specifically dnf command reference are good for reference for this sort of thing.

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