maybe the files are in a different directory?

.travis.yml

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         #   case it gets fixed later
         api_key:
           secure: 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
-        file: /travis_deploy/*
+        file: travis_deploy/*
     - <<: *deploy_rpm
       env:
         - OS_TYPE=centos OS_VERSION=7 BUILD_ENV=uw_build DEPLOY_STAGE=true

tests/test_inside_docker.sh

@@ -129,15 +129,16 @@ popd
 rpmbuild --define '_topdir /tmp/rpmbuild' -ba /tmp/rpmbuild/SPECS/htcondor-ce.spec
 
 if $DEPLOY_STAGE; then
-    mkdir -p /travis_deploy
-    cp -f /tmp/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*.rpm /travis_deploy/
+    # dir needs to be inside htcondor-ce so it's visible outside the container
+    mkdir -p htcondor-ce/travis_deploy
+    cp -f /tmp/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*.rpm htcondor-ce/travis_deploy/
     # HACK: only deploy the common file(s) (SRPM) on one env set
     # to avoid attempting to overwrite the GitHub build products
     # (which would raise an error).
     # `overwrite: true` in .travis.yml ought to fix that but doesn't
     # appear to.
     if [[ $OS_VERSION == 6 ]]; then
-        cp -f /tmp/rpmbuild/SRPMS/*.rpm /travis_deploy/
+        cp -f /tmp/rpmbuild/SRPMS/*.rpm htcondor-ce/travis_deploy/
     fi
     exit 0
 fi