title: Can I override a connection string in the web.config for local development?
body: <p>I have a WebForms project that has a connection string hard coded into the web.config (for Debug - web.Debug.config). This connection string points to a DB server for development.</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to run a local copy of that database so that my changes don't immediately affect others.</p>
  
  <p>What I've been doing is going into the web.config and updating the connection string to point to my local DB. This works, but is somewhat tedious as I have to remember to exclude the web.config and have to re-update it if I undo all changes.</p>
  
  <p>Since, like I said, others are using this solution, I'd like to avoid checking anything in or modifying the web config.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to override the web.config connection string to force the site to point to my local DB without checking anything in to source control?</p>