The state of a project in which changes made to files are saved to the developer workstation's copies of the file residing in the local Web application and not to the master Web application. The master Web application must be updated explicitly by releasing the working copy or synchronizing the project. Local mode is noted in the Project Explorer by this icon:
If the project is under source control, you can update the master Web application by checking files in. The project is noted by this icon:
See also master mode.
For more information, see Project Architecture and Working Locally.