diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f184bc5..6c8180b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ To install the development version:
 
     git clone https://github.com/Bachmann1234/diff-cover.git
     cd diff-cover
-    python setup.py install
+    poetry install
+    poetry shell
 
 
 Getting Started
diff --git a/diff_cover/report_generator.py b/diff_cover/report_generator.py
index b77a182..35fa06f 100644
--- a/diff_cover/report_generator.py
+++ b/diff_cover/report_generator.py
@@ -172,15 +172,29 @@ class BaseReportGenerator(ABC):
 
         To make this efficient, we cache and reuse the result.
         """
+        src_paths_changed = self._diff.src_paths_changed()
         if not self._diff_violations_dict:
-            self._diff_violations_dict = {
-                src_path: DiffViolations(
-                    self._violations.violations(src_path),
-                    self._violations.measured_lines(src_path),
-                    self._diff.lines_changed(src_path),
+            try:
+                violations = self._violations.violations_batch(
+                    src_paths_changed
                 )
-                for src_path in self._diff.src_paths_changed()
-            }
+                self._diff_violations_dict = {
+                    src_path: DiffViolations(
+                        violations.get(src_path, []),
+                        self._violations.measured_lines(src_path),
+                        self._diff.lines_changed(src_path),
+                    )
+                for src_path in src_paths_changed
+                }
+            except NotImplementedError:
+                self._diff_violations_dict = {
+                    src_path: DiffViolations(
+                        self._violations.violations(src_path),
+                        self._violations.measured_lines(src_path),
+                        self._diff.lines_changed(src_path),
+                    )
+                for src_path in src_paths_changed
+                }
         return self._diff_violations_dict
 
     def report_dict(self):
diff --git a/diff_cover/violationsreporters/base.py b/diff_cover/violationsreporters/base.py
index f0d7000..3f1a6ca 100644
--- a/diff_cover/violationsreporters/base.py
+++ b/diff_cover/violationsreporters/base.py
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ class BaseViolationReporter(ABC):
         Return a list of Violations recorded in `src_path`.
         """
 
+    def violations_batch(self, src_paths):
+        """
+        Return a dict of Violations recorded in `src_paths`.
+
+        src_paths: Sequence[str] - sequence of paths to source files
+
+        Returns a Dict[str, List[Violation]]. Keys are paths to source files.
+
+        If a subclass does not implement this function, violations() will be
+        called instead, once for each src_path in src_paths.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def measured_lines(self, src_path):
         """
         Return a list of the lines in src_path that were measured

diff --git a/tests/test_report_generator.py b/tests/test_report_generator.py
index 49b92ed..97d81b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_report_generator.py
+++ b/tests/test_report_generator.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init,not-callable
 
+import copy
 import json
 from io import BytesIO
 from textwrap import dedent
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ class BaseReportGeneratorTest:
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def base_setup(self, mocker):
         # Create mocks of the dependencies
-        self.coverage = mocker.MagicMock(BaseViolationReporter)
+        self.coverage = mocker.MagicMock(
+            BaseViolationReporter,
+        )
         self.diff = mocker.MagicMock(BaseDiffReporter)
 
         # Patch snippet loading to always return the same string
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@ class BaseReportGeneratorTest:
         self._violations_dict = dict()
         self.coverage.violations.side_effect = self._violations_dict.get
 
+        self.coverage.violations_batch.side_effect = NotImplementedError
+
         self._measured_dict = dict()
         self.coverage.measured_lines.side_effect = self._measured_dict.get
 
@@ -539,3 +544,26 @@ class TestMarkdownReportGenerator(BaseReportGeneratorTest):
         # Verify that we got the expected string
         expected = load_fixture("markdown_report_two_snippets.md").strip()
         self.assert_report(expected)
+
+
+class TestSimpleReportGeneratorWithBatchViolationReporter(BaseReportGeneratorTest):
+    REPORT_GENERATOR_CLASS = SimpleReportGenerator
+
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def setup(self):
+        self.use_default_values()
+        # Have violations_batch() return the violations.
+        self.coverage.violations_batch.side_effect = None
+        self.coverage.violations_batch.return_value = copy.deepcopy(
+            self._violations_dict
+        )
+        # Have violations() return an empty list to ensure violations_batch()
+        # is used.
+        for src in self.SRC_PATHS:
+            self.set_violations(src, [])
+
+    def test_violation_lines(self):
+        # By construction, each file has the same coverage information
+        expected = [10, 11]
+        for src_path in self.SRC_PATHS:
+            assert self.report.violation_lines(src_path) == expected

Add support for report generator plugins that process modified files as a batch, rather than individually
SQLFluff implements the `diff-quality` plugin protocol. SQLFluff users have requested that the `diff-quality` integration should take advantage of SQLFluff's multiprocessing capability (processing files in parallel across multiple processes).

In order to do this, `BaseReportGenerator._diff_violations()` would need to be modified to call a different function if provided by the plugin, e.g. `violations_batch()` rather than `violations()`. If `violations_batch()` is not implemented, fall back to using `violations()`.

I'm happy to provide a PR to implement this, but wanted to ask if this is a reasonable feature and if there are any concerns with the proposed implementation. 🙏🏽
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