Remove ".git" after cloning, with option to disable #1184

Job	Run time
CI on centos-stream-fsf-latest	6m 40s
CI on debian-stable	6m 20s
CI on fedora-latest	7m 33s
CI on ubuntu-lts	4m 54s
CI on arch-rolling	7m 40s
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