# How to reload local package?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719 "2023-07-18T08:45:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Devetak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devetak)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/1 "2023-07-18T08:45:45Z")
Hello.
I did something and I am not sure how to fix it.
I started working on a project/package and build a module. I think I activated the package and now the following happened. If I go to the REPL adding my package loads an older version of it. How do I change that.
Thank you in advance!
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### Author:  [@caleb-allen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/caleb-allen)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/2 "2023-07-18T09:33:26Z")
You may find [Revise.jl](https://timholy.github.io/Revise.jl/stable/) to be helpful! It automatically reloads code when it is edited.
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### Author:  [@Devetak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devetak)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/3 "2023-07-18T10:34:06Z")
Yes I use that. But this was a larger project and I am unsure what went wrong. In the reply I can `using myPackage` but is an old version and I am trying to change that.
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### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/4 "2023-07-18T11:14:51Z")
It sounds like you might have done `Pkg.add` of your local package when you should have done `Pkg.develop`. The former makes a snapshot of the package whereas the latter uses what is currently there.
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### Author:  [@Devetak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devetak)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/5 "2023-07-18T11:42:35Z")
Thank you! How do I correct that?
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### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/6 "2023-07-18T12:16:32Z")
Do a `Pkg.develop` of your package. If that doesn’t work you’ll need to provide a more precise description of your setup.
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### Author:  [@Devetak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devetak)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/7 "2023-07-18T12:45:34Z")
I cannot thank you enough. I tought I was going crazy.
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### Author:  [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/8 "2023-07-18T13:26:37Z")
Take a look at [this blog post](https://jkrumbiegel.com/pages/2022-08-26-pkg-introduction/) to learn more about environments. Use `Pkg.status` to check the installed packages in your current environment, ~~and make sure to remove the version you `Pkg.add`ed before doing `Pkg.develop` on it.~~
An `add`ed version will show a git branch name at the end:
```julia
(@Code2021) pkg> st
Status `C:\Users\nboyer\.julia\environments\Code2021\Project.toml`
[41458dd0] KD232 v0.1.0 `\\Path\to\package\KD232#master`
[0ccbab1c] KM620 v0.1.0 `\\Path\to\package\KM620#master`
```
A `dev`ed version will show just the path:
```julia
(@Code2021Dev) pkg> status
Status `C:\Users\nboyer\.julia\environments\Code2021Dev\Project.toml`
[41458dd0] KD232 v0.1.0 `\\Path\to\package\KD232`
[0ccbab1c] KM620 v0.1.0 `\\Path\to\package\KM620`
```
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### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/9 "2023-07-18T13:51:09Z")
> [@Nathan\_Boyer](#):
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> and make sure to remove the version you `Pkg.add`ed before doing `Pkg.develop` on it.
Why? As far as I know `Pkg.develop` will simply replace what you previously `Pkg.add`ed.
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### Author:  [@Devetak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Devetak)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reload-local-package/101719/10 "2023-07-18T14:29:56Z")
yes. I tried only `develop` and it worked. So I assume it got replaced.