Can I specify multiple users for myself in .gitconfig?

Question

In my ~/.gitconfig, I list my personal email address under [user], since that\'s what I want to use for Github repos.

But, I\'ve recently s

Answer 1

You can configure an individual repo to use a specific user / email address which overrides the global configuration. From the root of the repo, run

git config user.name "Your Name Here"
git config user.email your@email.com

whereas the default user / email is configured in your ~/.gitconfig

git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
git config --global user.email your@email.com

Answer 2

Something like Rob W's answer, but allowing different a different ssh key, and works with older git versions (which don't have e.g. a core.sshCommand config).

I created the file ~/bin/git_poweruser, with executable permission, and in the PATH:

#!/bin/bash

TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT

cat > $TMPDIR/ssh << 'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/poweruserprivatekey $@
EOF

chmod +x $TMPDIR/ssh
export GIT_SSH=$TMPDIR/ssh

git -c user.name="Power User name" -c user.email="power@user.email" $@

Whenever I want to commit or push something as "Power User", I use git_poweruser instead of git. It should work on any directory, and does not require changes in .gitconfig or .ssh/config, at least not in mine.