From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:58:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-clone: don't unpack objects
Message-ID: <7virvt441v.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510191327560.3369@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> No, I think the unconditional --keep is fine for clone.
>
> What to do about incremental pulls is not as clear, but I think the clone 
> case is pretty much obvious these days.
>
> The main reason for unpacking was that packs used to be "strange". These 
> days, packs are arguably the _common_ thing.

OK, that makes sense. 

I'd move this 'unconditional keep' to clone-pack.  The --keep
flag becomes a no-op.