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  1. antonga23 created this gist Jan 7, 2022.
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    1. Generate keys for github accounts

    eg.

    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

    2. Start ssh-agent in background and add keys

    eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

    ssh-add ~/.ssh/path_to_key1

    ssh-add ~/.ssh/path_to_key2

    3. Add ssh key to github, by pasting the *public* key to the browser

    4. Modify ssh config file: .ssh/config

    Host github.com
    User git
    Hostname github.com
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/INSERT_PRIVATE_KEY1

    Host github-INSERT_NAME.com
    User git
    Hostname github.com
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentitiesOnly yes
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/INSERT_PRIVATE_KEY2

    git clone [email protected]:username/repo.git

    git clone git@github-INSERT_NAME.com:username/repo.git