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Harrsh Patel
Harrsh Patel

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Manage multiple Git accounts

#git #github #ssh #devops

Open your terminal / CMD PROMPT and type the following command:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@example.com"
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For example, 2 keys created at:

~/.ssh/id_rsa_work
~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal
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Then, add these two keys as following:

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal
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You can check your saved keys:

$ ssh-add -l
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Add or modify the ssh config

$ cd ~/.ssh/
$ touch config
$ nano config
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Add the following lines to the file

# Personal account
Host github.com-personal
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal

# Work account
Host github.com-work
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work
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Clone you repo using

git clone git@github.com-personal:<username>/<repo name>.git
git clone git@github.com-work:<username>/<repo name>.git
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