gsm

git ssh manager - tell git which private key to use

what is it?

I created this tool because I needed to use different ssh keys to access git repositories

To use specific ssh key while performing git cli there command you need to do this

git config --global core.sshCommand "ssh -i <path-to-key>";

or this

GIT_SSH_COMMAND = "ssh -i <path-to-key>"  git ...

This tools simplifies this experience to :

gsm use <name>;
git ...

This sets saves preferred ssh key file path in git global config core.sshCommand until you change it.

You can add existing keys with user-friendly names with gsm add and chose which one to use with gsm use