Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/diary2008/mainline.git mainline
cd mainline

Add this repository as a remote to an existing local repository:

git remote add mainline git://gitorious.org/diary2008/mainline.git
git fetch mainline
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch mainline/master_or_other_branch

Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/~sampath02/diary2008/sampath02s-mainline.git sampath02s-mainline
cd sampath02s-mainline

Add this repository as a remote to an existing local repository:

git remote add sampath02s-mainline git://gitorious.org/~sampath02/diary2008/sampath02s-mainline.git
git fetch sampath02s-mainline
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch sampath02s-mainline/master_or_other_branch