Multiple git accounts

README.md

SSH Config ¹

~/.ssh/config

If the file does not exist, create it manually

Host account_a.gitlab.com
  Hostname gitlab.com
  PreferredAuthentications publickey
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/account_a_priv_key

Host account_b.gitlab.com
  Hostname gitlab.com
  PreferredAuthentications publickey
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/account_b_priv_key

Host account_c.github.com
  Hostname github.com
  PreferredAuthentications publickey
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/account_c_priv_key

Change repository origin

git remote set-url origin git@account_a.gitlab.com:to/repo.git

Troubleshooting

Switch SSH key

If encountering SSH key authentication issues, try this script to re-add the key

Footnotes

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