diff --git a/resources/checkgit.sh b/resources/checkgit.sh
index f6798e23d4..6555a93f66 100644
--- a/resources/checkgit.sh
+++ b/resources/checkgit.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Exit immediately if any subcommand terminated
+trap "exit 1" TERM
+
 #
 # This script determines if current git state is the up to date master. If so
 # it exits normally. If not it prompts for an explicit continue. This script
diff --git a/resources/gitpublish.sh b/resources/gitpublish.sh
index f1b3b7ac1c..67d0c6f592 100644
--- a/resources/gitpublish.sh
+++ b/resources/gitpublish.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+# Exit immediately if any subcommand terminated
+trap "exit 1" TERM
+
 # This script maintains a git branch which mirrors master but in a form that
 # what will eventually be deployed to npm, allowing npm dependencies to use:
 #
diff --git a/resources/prepublish.sh b/resources/prepublish.sh
index 933d406dc8..2c4983d3bb 100644
--- a/resources/prepublish.sh
+++ b/resources/prepublish.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Exit immediately if any subcommand terminated
+trap "exit 1" TERM
+
 # Publishing to NPM is currently supported by Travis CI, which ensures that all
 # tests pass first and the deployed module contains the correct file structure.
 # In order to prevent inadvertently circumventing this, we ensure that a CI