Re: [PATCH] git-clone: don't unpack objects

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] 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.