Multiple Accounts #70180
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Select Topic AreaQuestion BodyHi Everyone, Like a lot of ppl here on github, I have two accounts: one for work, one for personal projects. I would like to push code using the appropriate accounts for the appropriate repos. I'm not seeing a lot of help or discussion on how to do this cleanly and easily. As such, my current solution is to use I must be missing something - this can't be the recommended way to manage multiple accounts. Thanks so much! |
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Here is the solution I see frequently using SSH keys: Freecodecamp |
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Thanks for the pointer - Trying to merge two accounts - on the page you linked it says to attribute commits to make sure and "add the email address you used to author the commits to the account you're keeping" but when I try to add that account, I get "Error adding x@x.x, email is already in use." Any thoughts? |
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You have to delete the old account first or remove the email from it. |
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Thanks for the fast response - I will take a look asap! |
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Glad to help! Feel free to mark the comment as answer if it solved your problems :) |
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Done :) Thanks again! |
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Hey @scath999 and @andrej-kocijan 👋🏾 I gave you guys, and this question, a shout out in our Community Check-In. Check that out here: October API & Webhooks Community Check-In 🎃 I'm following up here, however, because I thought it was important to note that having multiple personal accounts is against GitHub’s terms of service.
Thanks so much for participating in the community! |
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Here is the solution I see frequently using SSH keys: Freecodecamp
Furthermore github themselves suggest the following options: Managing multiple accounts
If you are talking about two personal accounts (not enterprise) I would highly suggest merging them, I've done so recently and it is a superior expirience in my opinion. See how to merge your accounts here: Merging Personal Accounts