So, you have decided to have 2 separate accounts for work and personal.
Here are steps to follow to use both git configurations simultaneously with the same .git-credentials
.
Step 1: Separate Work/Personal directories
Create a work
and a personsal
directory in your Documents folder. Use these directories to separate your git directories.
Documents
├── work
│ ├── ...
│ └── ...
└── personal
├── ...
└── ...
Step 2: Separate git config for each account
- Create
.gitconfig-personal
in thepersonal
dir.
[credential]
helper = store
[user]
name = Personal_Username
email = personal_email@domain.com
[credential "https://github.com"]
username = Personal_Username
helper = store
- Create
.gitconfig-work
in thework
dir.
[credential]
helper = store
[user]
name = Work_Username
email = work_email@domain.com
[credential "https://github.com"]
username = Work_Username
helper = store
Step 3: Update global .gitconfig
to switch the profile based on directory
- Update your global config using the following command.
git config --global --edit
- Add the following config.
[includeIf "gitdir:~/Documents/work/"]
path = ~/Documents/work/.gitconfig-work
[includeIf "gitdir:~/Documents/personal/"]
path = ~/Documents/personal/.gitconfig-personal
Step 4: Register Access Tokens
- Check your
.git-credentials
file & add GitHub access tokens for each account.
https://Personal_Username:PERSONAL_TOKEN@github.com
https://Work_Username:WORK_TOKEN@github.com
That's it, the next time you pull/push/clone a private repo, git will automatically choose the correct token for each config.
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