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diff --git a/docs/installing-solidity.rst b/docs/installing-solidity.rst
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--- a/docs/installing-solidity.rst
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@@ -102,6 +102,22 @@ We will re-add the pre-built bottles soon.
brew install solidity
brew linkapps solidity
+If you need a specific version of Solidity you can install a
+Homebrew formula directly from Github.
+
+View
+`solidity.rb commits on Github <https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/commits/master/solidity.rb>`_.
+
+Follow the history links until you have a raw file link of a
+specific commit of ``solidity.rb``.
+
+Install it using ``brew``:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ brew unlink solidity
+ # Install 0.4.8
+ brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/77cce03da9f289e5a3ffe579840d3c5dc0a62717/solidity.rb
.. _building-from-source:
@@ -264,4 +280,4 @@ Example:
3. a breaking change is introduced - version is bumped to 0.5.0
4. the 0.5.0 release is made
-This behaviour works well with the version pragma. \ No newline at end of file
+This behaviour works well with the version pragma.