Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/status-control-applet/status-control-applet.git status-control-applet
cd status-control-applet

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

git remote add status-control-applet git://gitorious.org/status-control-applet/status-control-applet.git
git fetch status-control-applet
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch status-control-applet/master_or_other_branch