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+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// Error messages for cull-gmail
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// Error from the google_gmail1 crate
+    #[error("Google Gmail1 says: {0}")]
+    GoogleGmail1(#[from] google_gmail1::Error),
+    /// Error from the google_clis_common crate
+    #[error("Google CLIs Common says: {0}")]
+    InvalidOptionsError(google_clis_common::CLIError, i16),
+}