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@@ -14,7 +14,18 @@ appropriate test coverage. For code to be accepted, all tests must
pass; the global test suite is `["@", "just tests", "", "ALL"]`.
Code is formatted with `clang-format` and linted with `clang-tidy`;
the corresponding configuration files can be found in the top-level
-directory of this repository.
+directory of this repository. The top-level lint target is
+`["@", "lint", "", ""]`; formatting issues can be fixed by building
+and applying the patch `["@", "lint", "", "format.diff"]`.
+
+*NOTE:* In order for everyone to use the same version of the linting
+tools, the `"lint"` repository
+[bootstraps](https://github.com/just-buildsystem/bootstrappable-toolchain)
+the required tools; the configuration variable `"TOOLCHAIN_CONFIG"`
+is honored. As a consequence, (transitively) depending on the
+`"lint"` repository pulls in quite some sources and linting the
+first time requires a significant amount of time to build the tools
+from first principles.
Changes should be organized as a patch series, i.e., as a sequence of
small changes that are easy to review, but nevertheless self-contained