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# import-local [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/import-local)
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> Let a globally installed package use a locally installed version of itself if available
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Useful for CLI tools that want to defer to the user's locally installed version when available, but still work if it's not installed locally. For example, [AVA](http://ava.li) and [XO](https://github.com/xojs/xo) uses this method.
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install import-local
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const importLocal = require('import-local');
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if (importLocal(__filename)) {
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console.log('Using local version of this package');
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} else {
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// Code for both global and local version here…
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}
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```
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## License
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MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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