ghswitch

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Switch github accounts using ssh anywhere on your machine.

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Requirements

github account must be configured to connect using ssh Connect to github using SSH

For ghswitch to function, your ssh private key must have a comment. You can add a comment to an existing ssh private key using using

ssh-keygen -c -f ~/.ssh/private_key

Installation

The installation instruction assumes /usr/local/bin/ is part of your shell's $PATH environment variable.

Using curl:

sudo curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/ghswitch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sageil/ghswitch/main/ghswitch && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ghswitch

Using wget:

sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/ghswitch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sageil/ghswitch/main/ghswitch && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ghswitch

Usage (using an email address as the private ssh key comment):

Using short form:

• ghswitch -f=me@host.com -t=me@otherhost.com

Using long form:

• ghswitch --from=me@host.com --to=me@otherhost.com

Help

• ghswitch -h

Compatibility:

ghswitch was tested on macOS ventura, Ubuntu and Almalinux using stand-alone Terminal Emulators and Visual Studio Code terminal.