stable:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
Newest:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git OR
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
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Above three methods, stable will be older than the above two url.
Above two urls(Newest) is the same, just using the different name.
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More info, you could ref:
http://blog.csdn.net/sanlinux/article/details/5936644
http://blog.csdn.net/emtribe/article/details/8915884