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If my federal return is Married Filing Jointly but my state return is Married Filing Separately, which federal return do I include with my state return?

If my federal return is Married Filing Jointly but my state return is Married Filing Separately, which federal return do I include with my state return? The Married Filing Jointly return (which includes my spouse's income) or the temporary/mock federal form I created to prepare my state Married Filing Separately return (which does not include my spouse's income)? If I include the latter form (temporary/mock federal form) with my state return will there be a problem because it doesn't match the Married Filing Jointly federal form I filed at the federal level?