Multi-Account

This post will walk you through the process of setting up and using multiple accounts with one or more Git providers (GitHub, GitLab, Gitea). I describe the two options I recommend: HTTPS + Git Credential Manager and SSH multi-account. The first, HTTPS + Git Credential Manager, is the one I use most, because it’s compatible with CLI and/or GUI tools like Visual Studio, VSCode, Git Desktop, Gitkraken, etc. The second option, SSH multi-account, I delegate to “headless” machines, servers I connect to remotely via CLI or VSCode remote that need to clone repositories and work on them. …

This post contains my GIT cheat sheet, various reminders I use as a programmer — common commands or situations. It comes in handy for example when I accidentally delete a file and want to recover it, check a previous version of code, or ignore a modification in a specific file. …