There seems to be an issue using git CPVM and package locks.

the repo consists of 2 projects:

• proj-a - a net472 console project, with dependency on 3 packages (centrally managed) and a project reference on proj-b
• proj-b - a netstandard2.0 library, with dependency on 2 packages (centrally managed, mutually exclusive to proj-a dependencies) with no project references.

for both project CVPM is enabled and both project create package locks (RestorePackagesWithLockFile is set to true)

dotnet restore --no-cache --force --force-evaluate
dotnet build --no-restore
dotnet run --no-build --project .\proj-a\proj-a.csproj

you should see an output:

[2020-11-16T21:30:09.5286941Z] - repro?!

meaning that while we do not try to restore using the package locks - the code is restoring and working.

However, attempting to restore in locked mode:

dotnet restore --no-cache --force --locked-mode

will result in an error:

Determining projects to restore...
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.404\NuGet.targets(128,5): error NU1004: The packages lock file is inconsistent with the project dependencies so restore can't be 
run in locked mode. Disable the RestoreLockedMode MSBuild property or pass an explicit --force-evaluate option to run restore to update the lock file. [D:\code\lock-sln\lock-sln.sln]
  Failed to restore D:\code\lock-sln\proj-a\proj-a.csproj (in 99 ms).
  Restored D:\code\lock-sln\proj-b\proj-b.csproj (in 359 ms).

If we carefully examin the package lock file created for proj-a we will see an errornous listing of dependencies for the referenced proj-b project:

"proj-b": {
  "type": "Project",
  "dependencies": {
    "Newtonsoft.Json": "12.0.3",
    "Newtonsoft.Json.Schema": "3.0.13",
    "TaskTupleAwaiter": "[1.2.0, 2.0.0)",
    "UrlBase64": "0.1.2",
    "ZooKeeperNetEx": "3.4.12.4"
  }
}

However, we only take dependency on UrlBase64 and ZooKeeperNetEx in the csproj for proj-b. If we manually delete:

    "Newtonsoft.Json": "12.0.3",
    "Newtonsoft.Json.Schema": "3.0.13",
    "TaskTupleAwaiter": "[1.2.0, 2.0.0)",

The restore command in locked mode will succeed.

NuGet/Home#10074