From sbt version 0.13.5 you can add to your build.sbt
cancelable in Global := true
It is defined as “Enables (true) or disables (false) the ability to interrupt task execution with CTRL+C.” in the Keys definition
If you are using Scala 2.12.7+ you can also cancel the compilation with CTRL+C. Reference https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6479
There are some bugs reported:
- https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/1442
- https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/1855