multipe_ssh_keys.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 "[email protected]"
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

Please refer to github ssh issues for common problems.

for example, 2 keys created at:

~/.ssh/id_rsa_company1
~/.ssh/id_rsa_company2

then, add these two keys as following

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company1
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company2

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

#company1 account
Host company1
	HostName company1.com
	User [email protected]
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company1

#company2 account
Host company2
	HostName company2.com
	User [email protected]
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company2

Clone you repo and modify your Git config

clone your repo git clone git@company1:demo/demo.git demo

cd demo and modify git config

$ git config user.name "rajendar"
$ git config user.email "[email protected]" 

$ git config user.name "rajendar"
$ git config user.email "[email protected]" 

or you can have global git config

$ git config --global user.name "rajendarreddyj"
$ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

then use normal flow to push your code

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