Rolling that command against master fails too: ubuntu@Beta:~/linux$ mainline-build-one afd2ff9b7e1b367172f18ba7f693dfb62bdcb2dc xenial *** BUILDING: commit:afd2ff9b7e1b367172f18ba7f693dfb62bdcb2dc series:xenial abinum: ... full_version<4.4.0> version<4.4.0> long abinum<040400> fatal: 'xenial' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. error: pathspec 'xenial/master' did not match any file(s) known to git. Deleted branch BUILD.040400 (was 794249c). Checking out files: 100% (33279/33279), done. Switched to a new branch 'BUILD.040400' vvv - build head commit afd2ff9b7e1b367172f18ba7f693dfb62bdcb2dc Author: Linus Torvalds