From 1f58d8b925b9ca1a00a2cb5e6938bf00b2238848 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Hoguin?= <essen@ninenines.eu>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 21:15:42 +0100
Subject: Document parallel execution (-j flag)

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 README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'README.md')

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9ac8af..4eb666b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,6 +205,24 @@ You can enable verbose mode by calling Make with the variable
 $ V=1 make
 ```
 
+Parallel execution can be enabled through the use of the
+`-j` option. The following output showcases concurrent
+downloading of dependencies.
+
+``` bash
+$ make -j32
+Cloning into '/home/essen/ninenines/cowboy/deps/ranch'...
+Cloning into '/home/essen/ninenines/cowboy/deps/cowlib'...
+```
+
+The``MAKEFLAGS` variable can be used to set it permanently
+on your system. It can be set in your `.zshrc`, `.bashrc`
+or equivalent file.
+
+``` bash
+MAKEFLAGS=-j32
+```
+
 Core package functionality
 --------------------------
 
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