Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/~samatjain/statusnet/samatjains-statusnet-mainline.git samatjains-statusnet-mainline
cd samatjains-statusnet-mainline

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

git remote add samatjains-statusnet-mainline git://gitorious.org/~samatjain/statusnet/samatjains-statusnet-mainline.git
git fetch samatjains-statusnet-mainline
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch samatjains-statusnet-mainline/master_or_other_branch