Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/~abhijeetdesai/kate/abhijeetdesais-kate.git abhijeetdesais-kate
cd abhijeetdesais-kate

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

git remote add abhijeetdesais-kate git://gitorious.org/~abhijeetdesai/kate/abhijeetdesais-kate.git
git fetch abhijeetdesais-kate
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch abhijeetdesais-kate/master_or_other_branch