From 1f0c18892598bdc5f17561d6ad13803dba24a81a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naveen Gogineni <dear.chap@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:18:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix:(issue_2281) Remove incorrect check for local flag for
 set

---
 command_test.go | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 flag_impl.go    |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/command_test.go b/command_test.go
index 88369cc0fa..47528ac7e7 100644
--- a/command_test.go
+++ b/command_test.go
@@ -3105,6 +3105,39 @@ func TestFlagAction(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLocalSliceFlagAccumulation(t *testing.T) {
+	var got []string
+
+	app := &Command{
+		Name: "app",
+		Commands: []*Command{
+			{
+				Name: "sub",
+				Flags: []Flag{
+					&StringSliceFlag{
+						Name:        "paths",
+						Aliases:     []string{"p"},
+						Local:       true,
+						Destination: &got,
+					},
+				},
+				Action: func(_ context.Context, cmd *Command) error {
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := app.Run(context.Background(), []string{"app", "sub", "-p", "/a", "-p", "/b", "-p", "/c"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(got) != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 3 values, got %d: %v", len(got), got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLocalFlagError(t *testing.T) {
 	var topInt int64
 
diff --git a/flag_impl.go b/flag_impl.go
index c7cc8dffc5..1ca295aaf2 100644
--- a/flag_impl.go
+++ b/flag_impl.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (f *FlagBase[T, C, V]) Set(_ string, val string) error {
 	// lots of units tests prior to persistent flags assumed that the
 	// flag can be applied to different flag sets multiple times while still
 	// keeping the env set.
-	if !f.applied || f.Local {
+	if !f.applied {
 		if err := f.PreParse(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}