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My Git Setup
Mostly for my own personal future reference, here is how I setup my Git environment.
Multiple Accounts
I love Git for source control, and it is a goal of mine to keep all of my personal projects on GitHub. That is easy enough, but for work, I also need to be able to use Git with two different accounts connecting to two different servers.
For this example, I am going to assume there are two accounts: a GitHub account associated with a personal email, and an account hosted on an imaginary GitDude service associated with a work email.
Step 1: Create RSA Keys
When using only one account on a computer, you can use global settings for user.name and user.email. However, when using two separate accounts, you need to use local settings for each repo. If you want to still use global settings, you will still need to use local settings for the repos that don't use the global credentials.
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Multiple Accounts
I love Git for source control, and it is a goal of mine to keep all of my personal projects on GitHub. That is easy enough, but for work, I also need to be able to use Git with two different accounts connecting to two different servers.
For this example, I am going to assume there are two accounts: a GitHub account associated with a personal email, and an account hosted on an imaginary GitDude service associated with a work email.
Step 1: Create RSA Keys
- Generate a key for GitHub:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "personal_email@example.com" - When prompted, choose the following location for your file to go:
/Users/your_username/.ssh/id_rsa_github - Follow instructions in the "Set up Git" section on http://help.github.com/ to upload your public key to GitHub. On the same page, follow the instructions for setting your github.user and github.token config values.
- Generate a key for GitDude:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "work_email@example.com" - When prompted, choose the following location for your file to go:
/Users/your_username/.ssh/id_rsa_gitdude
Step 2: Setup Config File
- Create a blank file called "config" in your ~/.ssh directory.
- Edit the file, and type the following text:
Host gitdude.com HostName git.gitdude.com User git IdentityFile /Users/your_username/.ssh/id_rsa_gitdude Host github.com HostName github.com User git IdentityFile /Users/your_username/.ssh/id_rsa_github
Step 3: Setup User Name and Email
When using only one account on a computer, you can use global settings for user.name and user.email. However, when using two separate accounts, you need to use local settings for each repo. If you want to still use global settings, you will still need to use local settings for the repos that don't use the global credentials.
- See this to get a list of all global settings:
git config --global -l - Use this to set global git info:
git config --global user.name "First Last"
git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com" - Or this for local:
git config --local user.name "First Last"
git config --local user.email "your_email@example.com"
Same for github.user and github.token properties, if appropriate.
Step 4: Setup Default Editor
In order to write multiline commits, you will want to associate git with an editor:
This allows you to make commits like "git commit". The editor will then open and allow you to enter a commit message.
Step 4: Setup Default Editor
In order to write multiline commits, you will want to associate git with an editor:
git config core.editor emacs
This allows you to make commits like "git commit". The editor will then open and allow you to enter a commit message.
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