Multiple SSH keys for different github accounts

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 "[email protected]"

Please refer to github ssh issues for common problems.

for example, 2 keys created at:

~/.ssh/id_rsa
~/.ssh/id_rsa_company

then, add these two keys as following

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company

finally, you can check your saved keys

$ ssh-add -l

Modify the ssh config

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

Then added

#default account
Host github.com
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

#company account
Host github.com-company
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_company

Clone you repo and modify your Git config

clone your repo git clone [email protected]/company-team/repo.git

cd gfs_jexchan and modify git config

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

then use normal flow to push your code

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

Original Gist:

1. https://gist.github.com/jexchan/2351996

Other related Gists:

1. https://gist.github.com/RichardBronosky/dc0ced21d6dc7be7d196

Another related article in Chinese

1. http://4simple.github.com/docs/multipleSSHkeys/