david@zion:~/tmp$ git clone git://github.com/lak/puppet.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/david/tmp/puppet/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 36122, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10014/10014), done.
remote: Total 36122 (delta 25581), reused 36096 (delta 25558)
Receiving objects: 100% (36122/36122), 6.60 MiB | 91 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (25581/25581), done.
david@zion:~/tmp$ cd puppet/
/home/david/tmp/puppet
david@zion:~/tmp/puppet$ git branch
* master
david@zion:~/tmp/puppet$ git branch -r
  origin/0.23.x
  origin/0.24.x
  origin/HEAD
  origin/master
  origin/selinux_patches
david@zion:~/tmp/puppet$ git checkout -b 0.24.x origin/0.24.x
Branch 0.24.x set up to track remote branch refs/remotes/origin/0.24.x.
Switched to a new branch "0.24.x"
david@zion:~/tmp/puppet$