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Subject: Re: [Question] Is extensions.partialClone defunct?
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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:

> My opinion has always been that "extensions.partialClone = <remote>"
> is a mistake as it is inherently making difficult to have many
> promisor remotes.

Is there a reason why extensions.partialClone cannot be
multi-valued, just like say "remote.origin.fetch" is?