Posts

Git auth

Remember when we authenticated github on our shell using ssh keys? Remember ? Well, imagine if you authenticated both your personal and work keys in your PC and you have projects belonging to each account which need to be worked on. Here is how to fix it:
Specify the path to your private key file when using the ssh command. Like this:

ssh -T -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_account1 git@github.com  # For account 1
ssh -T -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_account2 git@github.com  # For account 2

Replace the file names with actual paths to your private key files. Mine are id_rsa for Jaarabytes and hi for xh3rking

Also, (this is a long stretch) but you can also do the following,
Update remote urls for the repositories, for the personal repository:

git remote set-url origin git@github.com-personal:username/repository.git

for the work repository:

git remote set-url origin git@github.com-work:username/repository.git

Then verify the configuration, for personal account:

git clone git@github.com-personal:username/repository.git

for the work repository:

git clone git@github.com-work:username/repository.git

If errors are encountered, you can debug by running:

ssh -vT git@github.com-personal
ssh -vT git@github.com-work

The commands above give a verbose output on the ssh connections being made. Good luck, you will need it. I mean look at this,