http://logs.openstack.org/09/519309/1/gate/build-openstack-releasenotes/f5cab51/job-output.txt.gz#_2017-11-17_02_15_36_327813
2017-11-17 02:15:35.468829 | ubuntu-xenial | + VENV=.venv/bin
2017-11-17 02:15:35.468939 | ubuntu-xenial | + .venv/bin/sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
2017-11-17 02:15:35.805576 | ubuntu-xenial | Running Sphinx v1.6.3
2017-11-17 02:15:35.805670 | ubuntu-xenial | making output directory...
2017-11-17 02:15:36.216420 | ubuntu-xenial | connecting events for openstackdocstheme
2017-11-17 02:15:36.261570 | ubuntu-xenial | Using openstackdocstheme Sphinx theme from /home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/openstackdocstheme/theme
2017-11-17 02:15:36.261666 | ubuntu-xenial | building [mo]: all of 0 po files
2017-11-17 02:15:36.261736 | ubuntu-xenial | building [html]: all source files
2017-11-17 02:15:36.263623 | ubuntu-xenial | updating environment: 3 added, 0 changed, 0 removed
2017-11-17 02:15:36.263843 | ubuntu-xenial | reading sources... [ 33%] index
2017-11-17 02:15:36.320316 | ubuntu-xenial | reading sources... [ 66%] ocata
2017-11-17 02:15:36.327705 | ubuntu-xenial | no configuration file in: /home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/releasenotes/config.yaml, /home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/reno.yaml
2017-11-17 02:15:36.327813 | ubuntu-xenial | [reno] scanning /home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/releasenotes/notes for origin/stable/ocata release notes
2017-11-17 02:15:36.328822 | ubuntu-xenial | scanning /home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/releasenotes/notes (branch=origin/stable/ocata earliest_version=None)
2017-11-17 02:15:36.330527 | ubuntu-xenial |
2017-11-17 02:15:36.330557 | ubuntu-xenial | Exception occurred:
2017-11-17 02:15:36.332881 | ubuntu-xenial | File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/reno/scanner.py", line 547, in _get_ref
2017-11-17 02:15:36.332932 | ubuntu-xenial | raise ValueError('Unknown reference {!r}'.format(name))
2017-11-17 02:15:36.332966 | ubuntu-xenial | ValueError: Unknown reference 'origin/stable/ocata'
2017-11-17 02:15:36.335781 | ubuntu-xenial | The full traceback has been saved in /tmp/sphinx-err-_nRTU9.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers.
2017-11-17 02:15:36.335835 | ubuntu-xenial | Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
2017-11-17 02:15:36.335884 | ubuntu-xenial | A bug report can be filed in the tracker at <https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues>. Thanks!
2017-11-17 02:15:36.741445 | ubuntu-xenial | ERROR
2017-11-17 02:15:36.741814 | ubuntu-xenial | {
2017-11-17 02:15:36.741975 | ubuntu-xenial | "delta": "0:00:00.916104",
2017-11-17 02:15:36.742102 | ubuntu-xenial | "end": "2017-11-17 02:15:36.382119",
2017-11-17 02:15:36.742226 | ubuntu-xenial | "failed": true,
2017-11-17 02:15:36.742342 | ubuntu-xenial | "rc": 1,
2017-11-17 02:15:36.742429 | ubuntu-xenial | "start": "2017-11-17 02:15:35.466015"
2017-11-17 02:15:36.742511 | ubuntu-xenial | }
Sadly this issue was caused by simply not having an "origin" in the remotes. Once I added origin to my local checkout reno worked as expected.