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### Fix mode
You can run `cargo lintcheck --fix` which will run Clippy with `--fix` and
-print a warning if Clippy's suggestions fail to apply (if the resulting code does not build).
+print a warning if Clippy's suggestions fail to apply (if the resulting code does not build).
This lets us spot bad suggestions or false positives automatically in some cases.
+> Note: Fix mode implies `--all-targets`, so it can fix as much code as it can.
+
Please note that the target dir should be cleaned afterwards since clippy will modify
the downloaded sources which can lead to unexpected results when running lintcheck again afterwards.