Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/gnome-file-browser-applet/gnome-file-browser-applet.git gnome-file-browser-applet
cd gnome-file-browser-applet

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

git remote add gnome-file-browser-applet git://gitorious.org/gnome-file-browser-applet/gnome-file-browser-applet.git
git fetch gnome-file-browser-applet
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch gnome-file-browser-applet/master_or_other_branch