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 Note that adding `-D warnings` will cause your build to fail if **any** warnings are found in your code.
 That includes warnings found by rustc (e.g. `dead_code`, etc.). If you want to avoid this and only cause
 an error for clippy warnings, use `#![deny(clippy::all)]` in your code or `-D clippy::all` on the command
-line. (You can swap `clippy::all` with the specific lint category you are targetting.)
+line. (You can swap `clippy::all` with the specific lint category you are targeting.)
 
 ## Configuration