Re: Doing blobless clone by default; switching between blobless, treeless and full clones by a command

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 4, 2025, 16:47 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqikhy9nb6.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <7713256d-e258-4356-b303-128fdb417972@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

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> But there was always the possibility that the feedback from having
> 'scalar clone' available could lead to a future builtin of the form
> 'git big-clone' that adds similar optimizations for large repos. (My
> opinion is that 'scalar clone' _is_ this 'git big-clone' but maybe it
> is not discoverable enough.)

A separate command like "bit-clone" would not be discoverable enough, either. When a new feature matures in the playground, it would be a welcome change for "git clone" to borrow it as a new option, or even better yet, automatically enable it depending on the size of the thing, with end-user consent.

Thanks.