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🎭 Manage many GitHub accounts on one machine

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I built a tool to manage work and personal Git repos

by tomquirk·Mar 7, 2026·6 points·1 comment
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My Problem

Directory-based Git profile switching; cleaner than manual SSH/gitconfig wrangling.

Strengths
  • •Directory-based setup (~/code/work/, ~/code/personal/) is intuitive and mirrors real workflows.
  • •Handles SSH key generation, .gitconfig, and .ssh/config reconciliation automatically.
Weaknesses
  • •Git config management tools already exist (e.g., git-user-switch, gitsync); not obviously better.
  • •No cross-platform testing evidence; unclear Windows support or shell compatibility beyond zsh/bash.
Target Audience

Developers managing multiple Git accounts (work + personal)

Similar To

git-user-switch · gitsync

Post Description

I finally got fed up with making work + personal Git repos work on my machine.

Ever clone a work repository and accidentally make commits using your personal email? Or forget how to make your work repos use your work SSH key? Yeah... same.

So I built the tool I've always wanted. GitPersona - a CLI tool for managing many git profiles on a single machine.

Shoutout to my boy Codex for helping me finally ship this.

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