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git Diaries

Setting up multiple github accounts on same computer

I just needed to set up multiple github accounts to my personal computer. I took those steps to accomplish it:

• Create SSH Keys
  • name them differently, ~/.ssh/id_rsa_x and ~/.ssh/id_rsa_y
• Add new SSH keys to GitHub accounts
• Create a ~/.ssh/config file
  • Add new hosts to config file:

  Host github_x
      HostName github.com
      User git
      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  Host github_y
      HostName github.com
      User git
      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_y
  

• Set origin url of your local repository to new host
  • command: git remote set-url origin git@HOSTNAME:USERNAME/REPOSITORY_NAME.git

  git remote set-url origin git@github-cavit:sinadogru/Diaries.git
  

References:

• https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-how-to-work-with-github-and-multiple-accounts--net-22574