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ssh ignores current users .ssh folder

See original GitHub issue

To keep track of multiple accounts a custom ssh configuration is uesd with sample

Host github.com
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_normal

Host github-special.com
	HostName github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_special

pull-request-github complaints about connection git@github-special.com;user/repo.git

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Created 2 years ago
Reactions:10
Comments:9 (3 by maintainers)

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roisafirorichardcommented, Dec 23, 2021

I also have the same issue, I use multiple accounts one personal and another one for work, I clone using my personal. account by adding -personal to git@github.com:xxxx/xxxx.git and it becomes git@github-personal.com:xxxx/xxxx.git.

apparently the extension doesn’t support that and as a result I get the same error message

Fetching pull requests for remote 'origin' failed, please check if the url git@github-personal.com:xxxx/xxxxx.git is valid.

please have a look at this.

2reactions

theking2commented, Dec 16, 2021

@DirtySoc it is possible to work with mulitple github accounts exactly in the way I described. If I clone from my ‘normal’ account I use: git clone git@github.com:user1/proj1.git

if I clone from my special account I use: git@github-special.com:user2/proj2.git

This works in Source Controlin vscode as:

git remote --verbose
origin  git@github-special.com:user2/proj2.git (fetch)
origin  git@github-special.com:user2/proj2.git (push)

Unfortunately Pull Requests ignores the settins in .ssh/config and always uses a fixed github.com (git@github.com:user2/proj2.git).

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