Add notes on forking a multi-branched repository.

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diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ once, not on subsequent pushes) - like this:
     git config remote.origin.url git-reference-to-public-repository
     git push --all
 
+To instead populate your newly created public repository with a multi-branched
+local repository, first make a complete clone with all branches setup locally,
+and push it all - like this for repository with master and master-da branches:
+
+    git clone git-reference-to-old-public-repository some-temp-dir
+    cd some-temp-dir
+    git checkout -b master-da origin/master-da
+    git config remote.origin.url git-reference-to-public-repository
+    git push --all
+
 To resyncronize an older fork of the repository with newer upstream changes, do
 like this (skip first command on subsequent updates):