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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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@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ following options:
``--build <dir>``
Project binary directory to be built. This is required and must be first.
+``-j [<jobs>], --parallel [<jobs>]``
+ The maximum number of concurrent processes to use when building.
+ If ``<jobs>`` is omitted the native build tool's default number is used.
+
+ The :envvar:`CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL` environment variable, if set,
+ specifies a default parallel level when this option is not given.
+
``--target <tgt>``
Build ``<tgt>`` instead of default targets. May only be specified once.