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Expand Up @@ -928,6 +928,13 @@ Overrides provide a way to replace a package in your dependency tree with
another version, or another package entirely. These changes can be scoped as
specific or as vague as desired.

Overrides are only considered in the root `package.json` file for a project.
Overrides in installed dependencies (including
[workspaces](/using-npm/workspaces)) are not considered in dependency tree
resolution. Published packages may dictate their resolutions by pinning
dependencies or using an
[`npm-shrinkwrap.json`](/configuring-npm/npm-shrinkwrap-json) file.

To make sure the package `foo` is always installed as version `1.0.0` no matter
what version your dependencies rely on:

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