# git rev-parse -q --verify 840a97100a767329253bab6ebfdc805968ad42c1^{commit}
# git fetch -q -n -f git://gitlab.ozlabs.ibm.com/mirror/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.4.y
error: The last gc run reported the following. Please correct the root cause
and remove .git/gc.log.
Automatic cleanup will not be performed until the file is removed.

warning: There are too many unreachable loose objects; run 'git prune' to remove them.

# git rev-parse -q --verify 840a97100a767329253bab6ebfdc805968ad42c1^{commit}
840a97100a767329253bab6ebfdc805968ad42c1
# git checkout -q -f -B kisskb 840a97100a767329253bab6ebfdc805968ad42c1
# git clean -qxdf
# < git log -1
# commit 840a97100a767329253bab6ebfdc805968ad42c1
# Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
# Date:   Thu Dec 13 19:03:23 2018 +0100
# 
#     Linux 4.4.168-rc1
# < /opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-gcc --version
# < git log --format=%s --max-count=1 840a97100a767329253bab6ebfdc805968ad42c1
# < make -s -j 48 ARCH=arm O=/kisskb/build/stable-rc-4.4_versatile_defconfig_arm CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-  versatile_defconfig
# make -s -j 48 ARCH=arm O=/kisskb/build/stable-rc-4.4_versatile_defconfig_arm CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-  
Completed OK
# rm -rf /kisskb/build/stable-rc-4.4_versatile_defconfig_arm
# Build took: 0:01:00.865599