From b5411d19fce8ed4574915bf0a378777d6189fa3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guilherme Branco Stracini <guilherme@guilhermebranco.com.br>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:38:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update appveyor.yml

---
 appveyor.yml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index a9fa94808..215df119f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ init:
 - SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk19
 - SET PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%
 
+install:
+  # If a newer build is queued for the same PR, cancel this one.
+  # The AppVeyor 'rollout builds' option is supposed to serve the same
+  # purpose, but it is problematic because it tends to cancel builds pushed
+  # directly to main/master instead of just PR builds (or the converse).
+  # credits: JuliaLang developers.
+  - ps: if ($env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER -and $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER -ne ((Invoke-RestMethod `
+          https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/$env:APPVEYOR_ACCOUNT_NAME/$env:APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG/history?recordsNumber=50).builds | `
+          Where-Object pullRequestId -eq $env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER)[0].buildNumber) { `
+            throw "There are newer queued builds for this pull request, failing early." }  
+
 before_build:
 - ps: $env:SOLUTION_NAME = $([io.path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($(Get-ChildItem -Path .\* -Include *.sln)))
 - ps: $env:SONAR_PROJECT = "$env:APPVEYOR_REPO_NAME" -replace "/","_"