try

.travis.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ install:
     - pip install -U pip wheel coveralls
     - pip install -r requirements/devel.txt
     - sed -i -E '/import (koji|rpm)/d' $(python -vc 'import kobo.rpmlib' 2>&1 | grep 'import kobo.rpmlib' | awk '{print$NF}' | sed 's/pyc$/py/')
+    - echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH
 script:
     - coverage run --parallel-mode --source=contrib,pdc --omit='*tests.py,*/migrations/*,pdc/settings*' manage.py test --settings pdc.settings_test contrib pdc
     - make flake8

docs/sphinx_deployment.mk

@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ prepare_gh_pages_deployment:
 
 deploy_gh_pages: prepare_gh_pages_deployment
 	@echo "Deploying on github pages now..."
-	@cd $(DEPLOY_DIR); git add -A; git commit -m "docs updated at `date -u`";\
+	@cd $(DEPLOY_DIR); git add -A; git commit -m "docs updated at `LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date -u`";\
 		git push origin $(DEPLOY_BRANCH) --quiet
-	@echo "Github Pages deploy was completed at `date -u`"
+	@echo "Github Pages deploy was completed at `LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date -u`"
 
 
 deploy: $(DEPLOY_DEFAULT)