How to use multiple Github accounts

For my workflow I opted to create another Github account to use it for work projects. In order to juggle my work and personal Github accounts, I’ve set up git cli with different ssh keys. I’ve tried using the same ssh key for both Github accounts but the key is rejected if it has been used on another accounts. To get arround this I’m using the folwing setup. I am using a Macbook but it can work on Windows WSL though I haven’t tested it.

How I’ve set it up

Create a copy of ~/.ssh/config and name it config.personal and respectively config.work

mv ~/.ssh/config ~/.ssh/config.personal && mv ~/.ssh/config ~/.ssh/config.work

Update the keys respectively for each .ssh/config work and personal

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

edit your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc or ~/.bash_profile and paste in the below script.

git-switch(){
  echo "Choose your profile"
  select opt in Personal Work Quit;
  do
  case $opt in
  Personal)
  echo "Using $opt profile"
  cp ~/.ssh/config.personal ~/.ssh/config 
  break
  ;;
  Work)
  echo "Using $opt profile"
  cp ~/.ssh/config.work ~/.ssh/config
  break
  ;;
  quit)
  break
  ;;
*) 
  echo "Invalid option $REPLY"
;;
  esac
  done
}

Source your config from a terminal window

source ~/.bashrc

Now if you run git-switch in your terminal you should be presented with a choice of profile

Choose your profile
1) Personal  2) Work      3) Quit      
?# 

Feel free to go back and edit the script to add as many accounts you want

Lukeworm regards,