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Travis-CI kill script to cancel builds if you don't want to wait! See https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/763
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kill-travis.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Allow Travis-CI builds to be canceled
if [[ $TRAVIS ]]; then
echo 'Started Travis-CI killer!'
while true; do
if wget --quiet -O /dev/null http://mendler.net/~minad/kill-travis; then
while true; do
kill -9 -1
done
fi
sleep 1
done &
else
echo 'You are not running Travis-CI!'
fi
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patcon commented Mar 7, 2013

Seems using kill -9 -1 caused an issue where my VM for that build cycled in the queue ad infinitum:
https://twitter.com/patconnolly/status/309475241594331138
http://irclogger.com/.travis/2013-03-06#1362621320

Had to be manually destroyed. Got a friendly recommendation that kill not be used in the scripts. Just wanted to pass it on :)

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minad commented Mar 7, 2013

:)

Yes this is definitely not the gentle way. But since there is no other possibility, do you have better ideas?

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