Sometimes you may find yourself needing to have multiple github accounts set up able to push and pull to different repositories where different usernames have access. This guide is intended to be breadcrumbs for those who are struggling.
I really struggled on this one.
- Generate a new SSH key
- Add this key to your ssh settings
- Copy this key into your github account
- Then, you'll be able to set the remote for the repo from the compand line.
Generate a new ssh key in your comand line with the email associated with the account (in my case)
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “[email protected]"
Compand line will then prompt you: Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/johnsalzarulo/.ssh/id_rsa):
Be careful not to simply toss it into the current path of your id_rsa - it will overwrite your current ssh key if you ahve one configured.
So - in my case I did:
/Users/johnsalzarulo/.ssh/id_rsa_better
Then it will prompt: Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): This is requried.
Then for MacOS you need to revise your ssh config: (Atom is my editor of choice)
atom ~/.ssh/config
I edited mine to have the following:
Host *
AddKeysToAgent yes
UseKeychain yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_better
Then added this new key:
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa_better
Generated - now it has to be added to the Github account:
In GitHub Settings select "SSH and GPG Keys"
Then "New SSH Key"
Copy out your generated key with:
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
THEN you can go into command line and
git clone [email protected]:Bondfire/material.git
or
git remote set-url [email protected]:Bondfire/material.git
Hope it helps!
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
(This copies it)
THEN you can go into command line and
git clone [email protected]:Bondfire/material.git
I had to : git remote set-url [email protected]:Bondfire/material.git