Multiple account of github configuration

Got this passage from github, and it really works fine:

https://gist.github.com/jexchan/2351996

Multiple SSH Keys settings for different github account

create different public key

create different ssh key according the article Mac Set-Up Git

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	$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@youremail.com"

Please refer to github ssh issues for common problems.

for example, 2 keys created at:

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	~/.ssh/id_rsa_activehacker
	~/.ssh/id_rsa_jexchan

then, add these two keys as following

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	$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_activehacker
	$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_jexchan

you can delete all cached keys before

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	$ ssh-add -D

finally, you can check your saved keys

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	$ ssh-add -l

Modify the ssh config

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    $ cd ~/.ssh/
	$ touch config
	$ subl -a config

Then added

#activehacker account
Host github.com-activehacker
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_activehacker

#jexchan account
Host github.com-jexchan
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_jexchan

Clone you repo and modify your Git config

clone your repo
git clone git@github.com:activehacker/gfs.git gfs_jexchan

cd gfs_jexchan and modify git config

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	$ git config user.name "jexchan"
	$ git config user.email "jexchan@gmail.com" 
 
	$ git config user.name "activehacker"
	$ git config user.email "jexlab@gmail.com" 

or you can have global git config

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$ git config --global user.name "jexchan"
$ git config --global user.email "jexchan@gmail.com"

then use normal flow to push your code

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	$ git add .
	$ git commit -m "your comments"
	$ git push

Multiple account of github configuration

Multiple SSH Keys settings for different github account

create different public key

Modify the ssh config

Clone you repo and modify your Git config

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