Can I specify multiple users for myself in .gitconfig?

Question

In my ~/.gitconfig, I list my personal email address under [user], since that\'s what I want to use for Github repos.

But, I\'ve recently s

Answer 1

I made a bash function that handle that. Here is the Github repo.

For record:

# Look for closest .gitconfig file in parent directories
# This file will be used as main .gitconfig file.
function __recursive_gitconfig_git {
    gitconfig_file=$(__recursive_gitconfig_closest)
    if [ "$gitconfig_file" != '' ]; then
        home="$(dirname $gitconfig_file)/"
        HOME=$home /usr/bin/git "$@"
    else
        /usr/bin/git "$@"
    fi
}

# Look for closest .gitconfig file in parents directories
function __recursive_gitconfig_closest {
    slashes=${PWD//[^\/]/}
    directory="$PWD"
    for (( n=${#slashes}; n>0; --n ))
    do
        test -e "$directory/.gitconfig" && echo "$directory/.gitconfig" && return 
        directory="$directory/.."
    done
}


alias git='__recursive_gitconfig_git'