Re: [PATCH v13 02/10] imap-send: add support for OAuth2.0 authentication

> On 6 Jun 2025, at 10:34 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com> writes:
> 
>> I was thinking the same but though the code would be more readable
>> in case if repeats.
> 
> Sorry but I do not understand this comment at all.  Not repeating so
> that you do not have to fix or update all the repetitions later when
> the code needs to do something different is one of the basics in the
> software engineering, and less repetitious code is also easier to
> understnad in the art of software field.
> 
> If you start from a 20-line block and repeat it 5 times to grow it
> 100 lines of code, the eyes of readers will start coasting over
> after a few repetitions, and you may be able to smuggle unwanted
> lines unnoticed.  Unless you are aiming for such technique to do
> something malicious, don't go there.