> On 22 Jul 2025, at 10:01 PM, Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 22 Jul 2025, at 9:06 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Also, as far as B2 is concerned, users can already do something like: >>> >>> git format-patch -2 HEAD --to=someone@xxxxxxxxxxx --stdout | git imap-send >> >> If the above command line is sufficient for users, "git send-email" >> does not need its feature to drive format-patch and do >> >> git format-patch -o outgo/. -2 HEAD && >> git send-email --to=someone@xxxxxxxxxxx ./outgo/*.patch >> >> I used to think that way and I was naive ;-) But such an argument >> completely misses the point of various send-email options that allow >> the user to tweak CC: list programatically, compose the cover >> letter, etc., doesn't it? > > Hmm, yes it does, but is this functionality in the scope of this patch? > > Honestly if you can use IMAP, you can also use SMTP, which makes me question if we really need this feature or not. By “this feature” I mean the one that sends emails to IMAP only btw.
