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Multiple Git Ssh Config Single Machine

To use multiple github account on same hosts, and using ssh to push and pull the repo. We have multiple tricks

• Using ssh config tricks with hosts: https://gist.github.com/JoaquimLey/e6049a12c8fd2923611802384cd2fb4a

Used host trick before, but while setting up again and looking for documentation found this neat way using gitconfig.

We can have to first set .gitconfig file in home directory.

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[includeIf "gitdir:~/workspace/work/"]
    path = ./.gitconfig-work

[includeIf "gitdir:~/workspace/personal/"]
    path = ./.gitconfig-personal

.gitconfig-work file

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[user]
	email = "sumit.murari@work.com"
[core]
	sshCommand = "ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa"

.gitconfig-personal file

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[user]
	email = "murari.sumit@fastmail.com"
[core]
	sshCommand = "ssh -i ~/.ssh/personal-ecdsa"