How about managing multiple GitHub accounts locally using SSH Keys?
In the real world, you must work with multiple GitHub accounts: one for open-source contributions, another for personal projects, and probably one more for your corporate tasks.
The following diagram illustrates the setup
Figure1: Diagram Watch me demontrate the task over a video HERE
The commands being used in the video are as follows;
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ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "youremail" -f "<github-username>"
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "youremail" -f "<github-username>"
#Add keys to SSH Agent:
eval " $( ssh-agent -s) "
ssh-add ~/.ssh/<github-username>
ssh-add ~/.ssh/<github-username>
#SSH Config:
#Personal Account
Host github.com-<github-username>
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<github-username>
#New Account
Host github.com-<github-username>
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<github-username>
#Test SSH Connectivity:
#First Account:
ssh -T git@github.com-<github-username>
#Second Account:
ssh -T git@github.com-<github-username>
#Set Remote Origin:
github.com-<github-username>:<github-username>/<repo>.git
git@github.com-<github-username>:<github-username>/<repo>.git
