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Cloning with a different SSH key
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Use-case

You need to use an SSH key to authenticate against a service which isn't your default SSH key, and/or your default key may be used on another (different) accout for the service.

Solution

  1. Clone the repo

    GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -i ~/.ssh/your-private-key-filename -o IdentitiesOnly=yes' git clone git@....

  2. Edit the .git/config file within the newly cloned repo. Under core add the git SSH command used above as sshCommand:

    e.g.

    [core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
        ...
        sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/your-private-key-filename -o IdentitiesOnly=yes
...
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