Handling multiple Github accounts on MacOS
Guide to managing multiple GitHub accounts on macOS using separate SSH keys and SSH config file.
Guideline
1. Creating the SSH keys. For each SSH key pairs:
Go ~/.ssh
Run: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"
2. Register your keys to the respective GitHub accounts.
Follow these steps to do so.
3. Head back over to the SSH config file at ~/.ssh and amend accordingly to:
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#user1 account
Host github.com-user1
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github-user1
IdentitiesOnly yes
#user2 account
Host github.com-user2
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github-user2
IdentitiesOnly yes
Replace user1 or user2 with your GitHub usernames/identification-handlers
Example:
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Host github.com-lamngockhuong
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
IdentitiesOnly yes
Host github.com-khuongln
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github_khuongln_id_rsa
IdentitiesOnly yes
4. Go ahead to git clone your respective repository
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git clone [email protected]:user1/your-repo-name.git your-repo-name_user1
Example:
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git clone [email protected]:vndevteam/your-repo-name.git your-repo-name_vndevteam
# or
git clone [email protected]:lamngockhuong/dev.git
5. Configure your git identity
Open up local git config using git config --local -e and add:
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[user]
name = user1
email = [email protected]
6. Ensure your remote url is in the right format e.g: [email protected]:user1/your-repo-name.git your-repo-name_user1
- You either run
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:user1/your-repo-name.git your-repo-name_user1 - Or amend your remote ssh-url in your local git config file:
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[remote "origin"]
url = [email protected]:user1/your-repo-name.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
Now you can git actions (pull/push/fetch…etc) all you like!