First create your work tree by cloning Linus's public tree:
- $ git clone \
- master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
+ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git work
Change directory into the cloned tree you just created
branch into a local branch named "linus":
$ cat > .git/remotes/linus
- URL: master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
Pull: master:linus
^D