Connecting to Multiple GitHub Acounts

Generate SSH key pair and add to GitHub

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C [email] -f ~/.ssh/[filename]
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C username@gmail.com -f ~/.ssh/github

• -t | Specify encryption type, usually rsa (legacy) or ed25519 (current)
• -C | Email used to authenticate to your GitHub account
• -f | Specify filename for new SSH keys

The command above will create two files:

• ~/.ssh/github - Your SSH Private Key
• ~/.ssh/github.pub - Your SSH Public Key

cat ~/.ssh/github.pub

Modify SSH Config File

Open ~/.ssh/config file using vim. If it does not exist it then it will create one. Then configure the file using the example below (modify to your use case):

vim ~/.ssh/config

Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/ssh_keys_github

Host arapitech.com
  HostName arapitech.com
  User git
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/ssh_keys_arapitech

Add Remote Branch and Clone

Go back to your working directory and add the remote branch

git remote add origin <ssh url from GitHub>
git remote add origin git@github.com:myUserName/myRepo.git
git clone git@github.com:myUserName/myRepo.git