How to configure .ssh/config to use two remote repos from the same account?-CodePudding

I have two projects and for each of them I use one github repo. Both repos belong to one github account. I have registered thessh keys of the corresponding remote repo in .ssh/config. Problem is that the push command works only for the repo, for one repo at a time:

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1

When I try to put mutliple ssh keys into config:

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2

git throws this:

ERROR: Repository not found.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

When I do it like so, only the first key works:

Host github.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1

Host github.com-repo2
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2

How can I make both keys work without having to edit config each time I want to use the other repo?

Edit:

Trying to push with this config file:

Host github.com-repo1:me/reponame1
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_repo1

Host github.com-repo2:me/reponame2
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_repo2

command:

git push -u origin main

leads to the same error:

ERROR: Repository not found.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

CodePudding user response：

First, make sure to include below each of your Host entries:

User git

Second, the remote URL for each repository would then be:

github.com-repo1:me/repo1
github.com-repo2:me/repo2

That means, for instance, that ssh github.com-repo11 is shortcut for:

ssh -i  ~/.ssh/id_rsa1 [email protected]

In your case:

Host github.com-repo1
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_repo1
IdentitiesOnly yes

Host github.com-repo2
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_repo2
IdentitiesOnly yes

The URLs would become:

cd /path/to/repo1
git remote set-url github.com-repo1:me/reponame1
git push -u origin main


cd /path/to/repo2
git remote set-url github.com-repo2:me/reponame1
git push -u origin main

In other words, the Host entry is just a name, not an URL.
Use that name as part of your new SSH URL.

CodePudding user response：

This worked for me :

Host github.com-repo1
    User git
    HostName github.com
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_repo1

Host github.com-repo2
    User git
    HostName github.com
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_repo2

Try only those entries, without anything else in ~/.ssh/config

And then :

git clone github.com-repo1:me/reponame1