Manage personal and professional github accounts - ashBabu/Utilities GitHub Wiki

Generate SSH keys for each accounts here

• ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C [email protected]
• Enter a file in which to save the key: /home/YOU/.ssh/id_ed25519_hai and ENTER
• Optionally give passwords twice on prompt

Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent

• eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
• ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_hai

Adding a new SSH key to your github account

• cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_hai.pub
• Copy the contents
• Github --> Settings --> SSH & GPG Keys --> New SSH Key

Creating GPG Keys for verified commits

Note: Create one for personal and one for professional

• gpg --full-generate-key
• ENTER three times to accept the default
• Enter user credentials.
• gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long

home/ash/.gnupg/pubring.kbx
----------------------------
sec   ed25519/4D07CFD11ED9D 2026-10-08 [SC]
      6C2C4CA9FEDE01785F63E5734D07CFD11F8FED9D
uid                 [ultimate] ash (headlight email for verified commits) <[email protected]>
ssb   cv25519/083FB611FA0FD171 2026-10-08 [E]

• gpg --armor --export 4D07CFD11ED9D
• Github --> Settings --> SSH & GPG Keys --> New GPG Key

Making .gitconfigs

• Create appropriate folders. For example mkdir -p ~/Ash/repo/personal ~/Ash/repo/headlight
• nano ~/.gitconfig

[user]
    name = ashabu
    email = [email protected]

[includeIf "gitdir:~/Ash/repo/headlight/"]
    path = ~/.gitconfig-headlight

[includeIf "gitdir:~/Ash/repo/personal/"]
    path = ~/.gitconfig-personal

• nano ~/.gitconfig-headlight

[user]
    email = [email protected]
    signingkey = 4D07CFD11F8FED9D
[commit]
    gpgsign = true
[tag]
    gpgsign = true
[core]
    sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_hai -o IdentitiesOnly=yes

• nano ~/.gitconfig-personal

[user]
    email = [email protected]
    signingkey = 5DRt07CFDFED9D
[commit]
    gpgsign = true
[tag]
    gpgsign = true
[core]
    sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_personal -o IdentitiesOnly=yes