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Generate a new SSH Key then Add the key to your second GitHub account

In ~/.ssh/config, add a custom host for your additional user

Host github.com-otheruser
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_otheruser

cd into your repository and configure the remote to point to your specified host.

cd myproject
git remote set-url git@github.com-otheruser:otheruser/myproject.git

Additionally, you can configure a different Name and Email for this repository.

git config user.name "Other User"
git config user.email "myemail@example.com"
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