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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] send-pack --keep: do not explode into loose objects on the
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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:44:02 -0500 (EST)
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Shawn Pearce wrote:

> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> > This adds "keep-pack" extension to send-pack vs receive pack protocol,
> > and makes the receiver invoke "index-pack --stdin --fix-thin".
> 
> I'm torn on this.  I see that keeping a pack vs. exploding to loose
> objects is a local repository decision and thus should be determined
> by the receiving repository, not the sending one.

I second this.  I think it is really not the remote end's business to 
decide what the local storage policy is, and vice versa.