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Discussion on: How to manage multiple GitHub accounts on your local machine

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Jon Randy 🎖️

Alternatively, use a GUI client that handles it for you :)

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Lars

Which one do you recommend? :)

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Jon Randy 🎖️

Personally, I use GitKraken. Handles multiple accounts really well

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IndigoWizard

True, GitKraken offers a quick and easy setup and handles pretty well multiple accounts.

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O.F.K.

Sorry for being late to the party, but just want to put in my two cents that the problem with using a GUI app to handle it for you is... that you're using a GUI app to handle it for you, meaning you're locked-in to that one app.

By configuring your keys like in the article you can use the CLI, the built-in Git tools bundled with your IDE of choice, or even your favorite UI app.
Your call.
No more need to switch applications, and contexts, every time you need to perform a Git-related action.

This freedom is priceless when you're Git-intensive, and just best practices all around.