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Expand Up @@ -39,23 +39,23 @@ Swiftly will install itself and download the latest available Swift toolchain. F
```
$ swift --version

Swift version 6.0.1 (swift-6.0.1-RELEASE)
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Swift version 6.0.3 (swift-6.0.3-RELEASE)
...

$ swift build # Build with the latest (5.8.1) toolchain
$ swift build # Build with the latest (6.0.3) toolchain
```

You can install (and use) another release toolchain:

```
$ swiftly install --use 5.7
$ swiftly install --use 5.10

$ swift --version

Swift version 5.7.2 (swift-5.7.2-RELEASE)
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Swift version 5.10.1 (swift-5.10.1-RELEASE)
...

$ swift build # Build with the 5.7.2 toolchain
$ swift build # Build with the 5.10.1 toolchain
```

Quickly test your package with the latest nightly snapshot to prepare for the next release:
Expand All @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ $ swiftly uninstall main-snapshot

# Proxy

Swiftly downloads a list of toolchains from https://www.swift.org/ and retrieves them from Apple/Akamai CDN via https://download.swift.org.
Swiftly downloads a list of toolchains from https://www.swift.org/ and retrieves them from CDN via https://download.swift.org.
If your environment requires a proxy, Swiftly will attempt to use the standard environment variables `http_proxy`, `HTTP_PROXY`, `https_proxy` or `HTTPS_PROXY` to determine which proxy server to use instead of making a direct connection.

To download latest nightly snapshot using a proxy:
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