I have two Github accounts: oanhnn (personal) and superman (for work). I want to use both accounts on same computer (without typing password everytime, when doing git push or pull).
Use ssh keys and define host aliases in ssh config file (each alias for an account).
Edit/Create ssh config file (~/.ssh/config):
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# Default github account: oanhnn
Host github.com
HostName github.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/oanhnn_private_key
IdentitiesOnly yes
# Other github account: superman
Host github-superman
HostName github.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/superman_private_key
IdentitiesOnly yes
Add ssh private keys to your agent:
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$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/oanhnn_private_key
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/superman_private_key
Test your connection
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$ ssh -T git@github.com
$ ssh -T git@github-superman
With each command, you may see this kind of warning, type yes:
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The authenticity of host 'github.com (192.30.252.1)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
If everything is OK, you will see these messages:
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Hi oanhnn! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
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Hi superman! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
Now all are set, just clone your repositories
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$ git clone git@github-superman:org2/project2.git /path/to/project2
$ cd /path/to/project2
$ git config user.email "superman@org2.com"
$ git config user.name "Super Man"
Done! Goodluck!
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