Merge pull request #358 from mupdt/travis-checkout-branch-pls

Fixes Travis CI build. It was not checking out a branch.

Author: admorgan

.travis.yml

@@ -4,18 +4,9 @@ sudo: false
 # Want 'bash' but 'c' works:
 language: c
 
-branches:
-  only:
-  - master
-  - /^release\//
-
 script:
-- git checkout $(
-    git branch --contains HEAD
-        | cut -c3-
-        | grep -E '^(master$|release)'
-        | head -1
-  )
+# NOTE: we have to make sure we're on a branch (rather than on a detached HEAD) because tests rely on it.
+- git checkout -b travis-ci-dummy-branch-name
 - GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=Bob
   GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=bob@blob.net
   GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='Bob Blob'