diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a8db360..f4c7916f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 *.rej
 docs/build/
 Manifest.toml
+docs/CondaPkg.toml
+test/CondaPkg.toml
+test/conda-env
diff --git a/copier.yml b/copier.yml
index bf084f69..c3c7760b 100644
--- a/copier.yml
+++ b/copier.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ UseCirrusCI:
 _skip_if_exists:
   - "**/*.jl"
   - "!docs/make.jl"
-  - "**/*.md"
-  - "!docs/src/90-contributing.md"
-  - "!docs/src/90-developer.md"
   - "**/Project.toml"
   - CITATION.cff
   - LICENSE
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f704c81e..dedb6a89 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+using Base: compilecache_pidfile_path, a_method_to_overwrite_in_test
+# This is only useful for testing offline. It creates a local env to avoid redownloading things.
+ENV["JULIA_CONDAPKG_ENV"] = joinpath(@__DIR__, "conda-env")
+if isdir(ENV["JULIA_CONDAPKG_ENV"])
+  ENV["JULIA_CONDAPKG_OFFLINE"] = true
+end
+
 using COPIERTemplate
 using Test