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You shouldn’t use the use the Local repository as a source of Compliance Rules outside of the MettleCI Workbench context. In particular, you shouldn’t attempt to reference a Local repository in your build (CI/CD) pipeline
The use of a Local Compliance repository does not easily support the collaborative development or maintenance of Compliance rules. For that, it is recommended to use a Remote Git repository served by a Git server. Compliance Rules are code, after all.
Creating you Local Repository
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