title: Command to get/clone a fetch/pull/read -only copy of a git repository?
body: <p>Here's a git repository on github:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>git://github.com/Fudge/gltail.git</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>What's the simplest way to check out a read-only copy using the git command line tool?</p>
  
  <p><strong>update:</strong>  Here's a suggestion to the githubbers:  Do something similar to google code, which automatically displays a message such as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Use this command to anonymously check out the latest project source code:
      # Non-members may check out a read-only working copy anonymously over HTTP.
      svn checkout http://orapig.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ orapig-read-only
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>update:</strong> The githubbers have done this.</p>