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 cargo +nightly fmt
 ```
 
-To format code that requires edition 2018, create a `rustfmt.toml` [configuration](#configuring-rustfmt) file containing:
-
-```toml
-edition = "2018"
-```
-
 ## Limitations
 
 Rustfmt tries to work on as much Rust code as possible, sometimes, the code