# Can a Pkg.checkout be REQUIRED?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-a-pkg-checkout-be-required/3165>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 11, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-a-pkg-checkout-be-required/3165 "2017-04-11T10:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-a-pkg-checkout-be-required/3165/2 "2017-04-11T11:15:13Z")

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> [@Enforcing latest master in REQUIRE](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/enforcing-latest-master-in-require/2617):
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> I am wondering if there is a way to request the latest master for a package in REQUIRE. Specifically, I made a PR to a package which has been merged to master, and need it for tests to run, so I put a Pkg.checkout in .travis.yml, but it seems like a hack.

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