How do I push to GitHub under a different username?

Question

A friend and myself are sharing my computer. I\'ve made pushes to GitHub using the git bash shell on Windows 7. Now we\'re in a different project on that computer and I need

Answer 1

git config user.name only changes the name I commit. I still cannot push. This is how I solved it, and I think is an easy way to me.

1. Generate a SSH key under the user name you want to push on the computer you will use https://help.github.com/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/

2. Add this key to the github user account that you want to push to https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/

3. Choose to Clone with SSH

You can push in as this user to that repo now.