Work With Multiple Git accounts

Generate SSH key

Github

Full instruction is here.

Run command.

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@organization_domain"

Specify filename in %USERPROFILE%/.ssh/github.
Add generated public SSH key into Github account. Instruction.

Bitbucket

Full instruction is here

Run command

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@organization_domain"

Specify filename %USERPROFILE%/.ssh/bitbucket
Add generated public SSH key into Bitbucket account. Instruction

Gitlab

Full instruction is here

Run command

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@organization_domain"

Specify filename %USERPROFILE%/.ssh/gitlab
Add generated public SSH key into Gitlab account. Instruction

SSH-agent

Kill SSH-agent if exists and run in the background

killall ssh-agent; eval "$(ssh-agent)"

Add private SSH keys to the ssh-agent

ssh-add ~/.ssh/github
ssh-add ~/.ssh/bitbucket
ssh-add ~/.ssh/gitlab

Optional. Copy SSH keys into the Windows directory or any other WSL

cp -b ~/.ssh/github /mnt/c/Users/%USERPROFILE%/.ssh/
cp -b ~/.ssh/bitbucket /mnt/c/Users/%USERPROFILE%/.ssh/

Test your connection

ssh -T [email protected]
ssh -T [email protected]
ssh -T [email protected]

Configurate `ssh-agent` for multiple SSH keys

The next steps should be done in each environment where you need access to Git (Windows, WSLs, etc.)

Create config using nano

nano ~/.ssh/config

Put the next config into %USERPROFILE%/.ssh/config

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

Host github.com-username
        HostName github.com
        User git
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/username

Host bitbucket.org
        HostName bitbucket.org
        User git
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/bitbucket

Host gitlab.com
        HostName gitlab.com
        User git
        PreferredAuthentications publickey
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gitlab

Optional. Copy SSH config into each environment

cp -b ~/.ssh/config /mnt/c/Users/%USERPROFILE%/.ssh/

Set up autostarting ssh-agent

Update %USERPROFILE%/.profile on the next way using:
```
nano .profile
```
In the end of the file, put the next

if [ "$BASH" ]; then
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
fi
fi

mesg n 2> /dev/null || true

Cloning repositories using different accounts

By default,

git clone [email protected]:organization/remote-repository.git
git clone [email protected]:organization/remote-repository.git
git clone [email protected]:organization/remote-repository.git

For specific account,

git clone [email protected]:organization/remote-repository.git

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