jstenmark/multiple_ssh_setting.md

Multiple SSH Keys settings for different github account

create different public key

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

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

Please refer to github ssh issues for common problems.

for example, 2 keys created at:

~/.ssh/id_rsa_work
~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal

then, add these two keys as following

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal

you can delete all cached keys before

$ ssh-add -D

finally, you can check your saved keys

$ ssh-add -l

Modify the ssh config

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

Then added

# work account
Host github.com-work
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_work

# personal account
Host github.com-personal
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_personal

Clone you repo and modify your Git config

clone your repo (note "github.com-personal")

git clone git@github.com-personal:work/repo.git repo_personal

cd repo_personal and modify git config

$ git config user.name "personal"
$ git config user.email "personal@gmail.com"

or

$ git config user.name "work"
$ git config user.email "work@gmail.com"

then use normal flow to push your code

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