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Fixes #12620 - Describe behavior of Local scope modifier#12666

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Fixes #12620 - Describe behavior of Local scope modifier#12666
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Describe behavior of Local scope modifier

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Pull request overview

This PR enhances the documentation for the Local: scope modifier in PowerShell by adding a more detailed explanation of its behavior. The update clarifies that when using Local:, PowerShell doesn't search parent scopes and will create new items in the current scope if they don't exist.

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  • Added detailed behavioral description for the Local: scope modifier
  • Updated the ms.date field to reflect the documentation revision date

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reference/7.6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Scopes.md Enhanced Local: scope modifier documentation with search behavior details
reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Scopes.md Enhanced Local: scope modifier documentation with search behavior details
reference/7.4/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Scopes.md Enhanced Local: scope modifier documentation with search behavior details
reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Scopes.md Enhanced Local: scope modifier documentation with search behavior details

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Learn Build status updates of commit 85253a6:

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@sdwheeler sdwheeler merged commit a7a1533 into MicrosoftDocs:main Jan 16, 2026
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@sdwheeler sdwheeler deleted the sdw-w545454-i12620-local branch January 16, 2026 15:35
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