Multiple git identity setup

multi-identity-git-config.md

This is how I set up my git config to assume different identities depending on which directory I'm working in.

In ~/.gitconfig:

[core]
	# sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/SOME_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY
[user]
	name = Andrew Kemm
[init]
	templatedir = /Users/andrewkemm/.git-template

[includeIf "gitdir:~/dev/internal/"]
	path = ~/dev/internal/.gitconfig

[includeIf "gitdir:~/dev/other/"]
	path = ~/dev/other/.gitconfig

# Per client config
# [includeIf "gitdir:~/dev/client/CLIENT_NAME/"]
#	path = ~/dev/client/CLIENT_NAME/.gitconfig

Note the includeIfs associating a directory with another .gitconfig file.

Here is an example of one of those other .gitconfig files:

[core]
	sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_thoughtworks
[user]
	email = "andrew.kemm@thoughtworks.com"

Here, we specify which rsa token and email address to use.