CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user9728810

Reputation:

Multiple git user in single device

I use my company laptop for company stuff but sometime I would also want to use it to code my own side project. Now my git is configured to use company's git account, how can I use multiple accounts in one device? Note that my company and my side project is using bitbucket too.

Or I should just create another user in mac, one for company stuff one for personal stuff?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 956

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324128

It depends on how you access the remote repo

  • https: make sure add your personal user account in the remote repo URL: https://[email protected]/me/myrepo.
    Then use a credential helper to cahce the credentials (login/password).
  • ssh: you can configure multiple private keys, one linked to a professional account, one linked to a personnal account, all referenced in ~/.ssh/config.
    See "MacOS Terminal: how to use a seccond ssh key?" as an example.

Make sure, within your personal repo, to set the right user.name/user.email

cd /my/repo
git config user.name myName
git config user.email [email protected]

That does not influence the authentication, but matters in order for your commits to reflect "who" commit them.

Upvotes: 2

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