Multiple github accounts on the same computer?

Question

Trying to work on my both my actual \"work\" repos, and my personal repos on git hub, from my computer.

The work account was set up first, and everything works flawl

Answer 1

By creating different host aliases to github.com in your ~/.ssh/config, and giving each host alias its own ssh key, you can easily use multiple github accounts without confusion. That’s because github.com distinguishes not by user, which is always just git, but by the ssh key you used to connect. Just configure your remote origins using your own host aliases.”

The above summary is courtesy of comments on the blog post below.

I've found this explanation the clearest. And it works for me, at least as of April 2012.

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-and-tips/how-to-work-with-github-and-multiple-accounts/