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-branches:
-  only:
-    - master
-    - stable
-
 language: cpp
 
 before_script:
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 # libvips : an image processing library
 
-[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/jcupitt/libvips.png)](http://travis-ci.org/jcupitt/libvips)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jcupitt/libvips.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jcupitt/libvips)
 [![Coverity Status](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/6503/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/jcupitt-libvips)
 
 libvips is a 2D image processing library. Compared to