⚙️ Manage multiple git accounts
This is an instruction only for Linux, I use this procedure also on Windows but this one is not described yet. I plan to add it as soon as I write it.
Hi! Do you have multiple git accounts or you just using one? I have multiple and everytime I reinstall my system I trying to find how I configured it before… (i finally wrote this together here).
Im using multiple git config file rather than multiple host names (i don’t like to have somethink like git@github-work or git@github-personal).
How it’s work?
First of all you need to create different folders for you personal and work projects (or more folders if you have more accounts). Into each folder
create new .gitconfig file which will looks like this one:
# ~/Work/.gitconfig.work
[user]
email = your@email
name = Your Name
[github]
user = "YourGithubName"
[core]
sshCommand = "ssh -i ~/.ssh/work.pub" # public key for your work profile
You will also need more SSH keys. I using 1Password so I copy only my public keys to the my .ssh folder.
SSH with 1Password
If you want to use 1Passowrd you need to configure ssh. Add following to your ~/.ssh/config file
Host *
IdentityAgent ~/.1password/agent.sock
SSH With SSH-AGENT
If you want to use more traditional way you will need to configure SSH-AGENT
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" && \
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/<personal_key>
Then edit your ~/.ssh/config
Host *
AddKeysToAgent yes
UseKeychain yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<created_key>
OK now you have create your keys and gitconfig files for you profiles. Now you need to tell git to use proper config based on git repository location. Edit ~/gitconfig which will need to looks similar to this:
# ~/.gitconfig
[includeIf "gitdir:~/May/"] # include for all .git projects under May/
path = ~/May/.gitconfig.may
[includeIf "gitdir:~/Work/"] # include for all .git projects under Work/
path = ~/Work/.gitconfig.work
[core]
excludesfile = ~/.gitignore # valid everywhere
You list all your configs with git config --list command.
That’s all
Good! You can now clone repositories from multiple accounts based on in which folder you clonning it.
💜 Thank You!
URLs
- You can also check my status page or micro.blog if you want know what I'm doing
Projects
- I hosing my projects on GitHub
- I'm currently working on Api Client for the omg lol service.