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 ## Style Guide
 
-Find FluidSynth's style guide below. Most of the syntax issues can be automatically applied with `clang-format` and `clang-tidy` using the config files in the repository root.
+Find FluidSynth's style guide below. Syntax related issues, like missing braces, will be automatically taken care of when compiling fluidsynth by calling `make` (provided that cmake has found `clang-tidy >= 5.0` on your system). An explicit reformatting can be achieved using `make format` (provided that cmake has found `clang-format` on your system).
 
 #### General
 * Every function should have a short comment explaining it's purpose