<commit_before># The paket.local file

The `paket.local` file is used for testing changes before releasing new version
of a dependent project.

> Notes: 
>
> * **!!!** This feature works only for old-style .NET projects. If will not work with .NET SDK based projects.
> * You **should not commit** `paket.local`. This file should always be added to `.gitignore`, because it specifies file paths that are only accessible on your machine.
> * `paket.local` affects only the paket **restore** command, not the install or update command.
> * By default `paket.local` will only substitute packages with an **identical** version to the `paket.lock` file.  See [Nupkg version](#Nupkg-version) for alternatives.

## Example use case

In this tutorial you will learn how `paket.local` can help you to speed up your
development process.

The Paket project uses [Argu](http://fsprojects.github.io/Argu/) as one of its
own dependencies. Argu is a library that allows to manage command line
parameters:

`paket.dependencies`:

```paket<commit_msg>Add link to issue<commit_after># The paket.local file

The `paket.local` file is used for testing changes before releasing new version
of a dependent project.

> Notes: 
>
> * **!!!** This feature works only for old-style .NET projects. If will not work with .NET SDK based projects. Details [here](https://github.com/fsprojects/Paket/issues/3116).
> * You **should not commit** `paket.local`. This file should always be added to `.gitignore`, because it specifies file paths that are only accessible on your machine.
> * `paket.local` affects only the paket **restore** command, not the install or update command.
> * By default `paket.local` will only substitute packages with an **identical** version to the `paket.lock` file.  See [Nupkg version](#Nupkg-version) for alternatives.

## Example use case

In this tutorial you will learn how `paket.local` can help you to speed up your
development process.

The Paket project uses [Argu](http://fsprojects.github.io/Argu/) as one of its
own dependencies. Argu is a library that allows to manage command line
parameters:

`paket.dependencies`:

```paket
{'fraction_non_alphanumeric': 0.09780065512400561, 'fraction_numerical': 0.0018717828731867104, 'mean_word_length': 4.454081632653061, 'pattern_counts': {'":': 0, '<': 3, '<?xml version=': 0, '>': 15, 'https://': 1, 'lorem ipsum': 0, 'www.': 0, 'xml': 0}, 'pii_count': 0, 'substrings_counts': 0, 'word_list_counts': {'cursed_substrings.json': 0, 'profanity_word_list.json': 0, 'sexual_word_list.json': 0, 'zh_pornsignals.json': 0}}
{'dir': 'git-commits-cleaned', 'id': '4481086', 'n_tokens_mistral': 626, 'n_tokens_neox': 608, 'n_words': 284}