Re: [PATCH v2] send-email: add ability to send a copy of sent emails to an IMAP folder

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 22, 2025, 17:23 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqqzy8rvgn.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <8596251B-7A3F-4220-8759-B75FF63964C0@live.com>

Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com> writes:

> Hmm, yes it does, but is this functionality in the scope of this patch?

No, it is not.

But it is your responsibility to make sure that you leave the door open for somebody who will want to do so later. And you do so by not squatting on a way more generic option and configuration variable name than what the feature you are adding, which is more specific than its name.

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