Re: [PATCH] clone: add remote.cloneDefault config option

> In order to realize any new feature that needs to read the existing
> (i.e. per-machine or per-user) configuration files to affect the
> behaviour of "git clone", whether it is the "give default to
> --origin option" or any other thing, first needs to fix the start-up
> sequence so that the configuration is read once before we process
> command line options, which is the norm.  Only after that is done,
> we can build the clone.defaultRemoteName and other features that
> would be affected by the settings of clone.* variables on top, and
> it is not wise to mix the foundation with a new feature that uses
> the foundation.