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authorFlorian Maushart <FloriansGit@online.ms>2018-04-14 20:50:19 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-05-25 13:42:20 (GMT)
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cmake: Add options for parallel builds to --build mode
While we already support `cmake --build . -- -j`, the options after `--` are specific to the native build tool. Add new options `--parallel [<N>]` and `-j [<N>]` to abstract this and map to the proper option for the native build tool.
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+CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL
+--------------------------
+
+Specifies the maximum number of concurrent processes to use when building
+using the ``cmake --build`` command line
+:ref:`Build Tool Mode <Build Tool Mode>`.
+
+If this variable is defined empty the native build tool's default number is
+used.