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Managing SSH keys for Github and Gitlab

NOTICE: This guide will help you set ssh keys for GitHub and GitLab. However, this is not going to change your commit user.name or user.email. If you need to change those for specific repositories, just run the following commands while in your repository:

git config user.name "Your Name Here"
git config user.email your@email.com

For more info, see this answer. Also, keep in mind this only changes the .git folder inside your repository which never gets added/committed/pushed/uploaded.

I recently had to manage two ssh keys (one for Github and one for Gitlab). I did some research to find the best solution. I am justing putting the pieces together here.