Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/~michaeljedgar/trollop/michaeljedgars-mainline.git michaeljedgars-mainline
cd michaeljedgars-mainline

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

git remote add michaeljedgars-mainline git://gitorious.org/~michaeljedgar/trollop/michaeljedgars-mainline.git
git fetch michaeljedgars-mainline
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch michaeljedgars-mainline/master_or_other_branch