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List:       git
Subject:    Re: Use different ssh keys for different github repos (per-url sshCommand)
From:       Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc () gmail ! com>
Date:       2018-07-19 13:39:49
Message-ID: ff64d8b5-44f0-603e-fd87-5b8db86bd623 () gmail ! com
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On 07/19/2018 06:52 PM, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 03:24:54PM +0300, Basin Ilya wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I have two github accounts, one is for my organization and I want git to \
> > automatically choose the correct ssh `IdentityFile` based on the clone URL: 
> > git@github.com:other/publicrepo.git
> > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
> > git@github.com:theorganization/privaterepo.git
> > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.theorganization
> > 
> > Unfortunately, both URLs have same host name, therefore I can't configure this in \
> > the ssh client config. I could create a host alias there, but sometimes somebody \
> > else gives me the github URL and I want it to work out of the box. 
> > I thought I could add a per-URL `core` section similar to `user` and `http`, but \
> > this section is ignored by git (2.18): 
> > [core "git@github.com:theorganization"]
> > sshCommand = /bin/false
> > #sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.theorganization
> > 
> > I thought of writing a wrapper script to deduce the key from the arguments:
> > 
> > git@github.com git-upload-pack '/theorganization/privaterepo.git'
> > 
> > Is this the only option?
> 
> This is what I do (I don't have two accounts on github, but
> elsewhere; same idea though)

my apologies; I did not read your email fully and went off half-cocked!
Looks like you already tried host aliases and they don't work for you.

Sorry for the noise!


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