Cloning this repository:

git clone git://gitorious.org/~vychris/statusnet-client/vychriss-statusnet-client.git vychriss-statusnet-client
cd vychriss-statusnet-client

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

git remote add vychriss-statusnet-client git://gitorious.org/~vychris/statusnet-client/vychriss-statusnet-client.git
git fetch vychriss-statusnet-client
git checkout -b my-local-tracking-branch vychriss-statusnet-client/master_or_other_branch