Script for switching between git profiles, bash script, seamless switching, changing git accounts,

switch_git_profile.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Define profile names and corresponding Git configuration values

profile1_name="Personal"
profile1_username="YOUR_USER_NAME"
profile1_email="YOUR_EMAIL_PERSONAL"

profile2_name="Work"
profile2_username="YOUR_USER_NAME"
profile2_email="YOUR_EMAIL_WORK"


# Function to set Git profile
set_git_profile() {
  local name="$1"
  local username="$2"
  local email="$3"
  
  git config --global user.name "$username"
  git config --global user.email "$email"
  
  echo "Switched to Git profile: $name"
}

# Display menu to select a profile
echo "Select a Git profile:"
echo "1. $profile1_name"
echo "2. $profile2_name"
echo "3. Quit"

read -p "Enter the number of the profile you want to switch to: " choice

case $choice in
  1) set_git_profile "$profile1_name" "$profile1_username" "$profile1_email" ;;
  2) set_git_profile "$profile2_name" "$profile2_username" "$profile2_email" ;;
  3) echo "Quitting the script." ;;
  *) echo "Invalid choice. Quitting the script." ;;
esac

After running the script you can check your .gitconfig in root directory the global username & email would have been changed.