Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/~jvanderpol/gitorious/jvanderpols-mainline.git jvanderpols-mainline
cd jvanderpols-mainline

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

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