Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/egg-gobject/egg-gobject.git egg-gobject
cd egg-gobject

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

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