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 ## Linting
 
 We demonstrate the usage of [rules_lint]. There are a few ways to wire this up, we show two:
-- in the `next.js/` folder, `npm run lint` does a `bazel build` with a config setting that makes the build fail when lint violations are found.
-- in the `react` folder, an `eslint_test` target results in test failures when lint violations are found.
+- *build failure*: in the `next.js/` folder, `npm run lint` does a `bazel build` with a config setting that makes the build fail when lint violations are found.
+- *test failure*: in the `react` folder, an `eslint_test` target results in test failures when lint violations are found.
+
+However, in both cases this inhibits creation of new lint rules or even upgrading the linter, because it requires updating the entire repository to fix or suppress
+new lint violations at the same time.
+We recommend showing lint results during code review instead.
+See <https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_lint/blob/main/docs/linting.md>
 
 [rules_js]: https://docs.aspect.build/rules/aspect_rules_js
 [rules_lint]: https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_lint