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The swift build tag on WindowsForum.com covers the Swift toolchain's build workflow on Windows, most notably the Swift 6.4 change that makes Swift Build the default engine behind swift build, swift test, and swift run. Instead of Swift Package Manager's older native build engine, package projects now build through the same engine across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Discussion here focuses on what that shift means for Windows developers: familiar commands keep working, existing SwiftPM projects should still start with swift build, and the practical impact is about the build engine underneath rather than a new command to learn.
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    Swift 6.4 Makes Swift Build Default for Windows Packages

    Swift 6.4 changes the default build path for Swift packages on Windows: running swift build, swift test, or swift run now uses Swift Build rather than Swift Package Manager’s older native build engine. Swift.org says the change makes package projects build through the same engine on Linux...