Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/~mateusmelo/twitter-local/mateusmelos-clone.git mateusmelos-clone
cd mateusmelos-clone

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

git remote add mateusmelos-clone git://gitorious.org/~mateusmelo/twitter-local/mateusmelos-clone.git
git fetch mateusmelos-clone
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch mateusmelos-clone/master_or_other_branch