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Git clone is useful if you want actually keep the source code you downloaded originally. Also I assume people who use this command to get a program, would remove that directory manually after job is done (if they don't want to keep it). And I am always very careful with rm commands, therefore I do not include them most of the time. It's not like people would not know how to deal with temporary files they download, just like downloading an archive, unpacking it and removing the archive file as an analogy.
At least this is my way of doing so. I think this transparency is good for the end user, better than "hiding" it behind a curl into bash in my opinion (opinions vary I have noticed in the forums). You could put
cd Downloads
right before/abovegit clone
command, to remind them its meant to be temporary. But I guess this does not align with the values and philosophy you follow, because you want to have it as simple and distraction free as possible for your user. That's why the curl into bash in the first place. It's just a priority thing what you value more.