# CI vs. local development

**URL:** <https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/ci-vs-local-development/150258>\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/ci-vs-local-development/150258 "2022-04-27T21:29:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ishaan-mehta](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ishaan-mehta/32/48656_2.png) [@ishaan-mehta](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ishaan-mehta)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/ci-vs-local-development/150258/1 "2022-04-27T21:29:05Z")

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Did I imagine this, or is there a contribution guide somewhere that advises contributors to not rely on the GitHub CI and instead test locally before pushing? I understand why that is the case—the only reason I bring that up is because I want to see that entire document again and this is all I remember from it. I’ve seen the contribution guides linked from the README.md.

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**Author:** ![albanD](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/alband/32/215_2.png) [@albanD](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/albanD)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/ci-vs-local-development/150258/2 "2022-05-16T16:50:08Z")

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Hi,

The main contributing doc is: [pytorch/CONTRIBUTING.md at master · pytorch/pytorch · GitHub](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)  
I am not sure we recommend not to rely on CI though.  
The main thing might be that CI testing is slower than doing the local checks. But CI will cover a lot of configurations that you (most likely) cannot test locally so it is very important today.