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Discussion on: Should I have separate GitHub accounts for personal and professional projects?

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Ian Turton

I want to clearly de-mark between the work I do for my employer and the work I do in my own time on my own projects. I've had employers in the past that claim to own anything I do it their "time" or with their "resources" so this distinction is important to make.

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Thomas H Jones II

On the plus side, your commit history makes it pretty easy to prove the necessary demarcation (especially if you've set up your profile with multiple email addresses and associated signing-keys).

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Michael Mior

I suppose it depends on what you're trying to prove to who. Commit timestamps can be set to any time you want. The fact that you commit with a different email address doesn't really mean much either since you could easily commit using work time and resources with a personal address.