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                piscisaureus
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              August 13, 2012 16:12
            
              
                Checkout github pull requests locally
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:
[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = git@github.com:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this: