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2 years agoQuestion about configuring git commit signing for Multiple GitHub Accounts
Hi,
I have two GitHub accounts, one for personal and another for academic purposes. I configured my git config to work with both accounts by following these steps provided in the documentation. Whe...
Former Member
2 years agoHi @404, thanks for your question!
Your commit signing will work as intended without modifying ~/.ssh/config
.
Your ~/.ssh/config
file is used by the ssh client for authentication, this includes pushing to and pulling from GitHub. It does not have an affect on commit signing. The second link you mentioned is specifically for using multiple keys for authentication.
The git configuration you linked is exclusively for commit signing.
Let us know if you have any further questions!