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

Although most questions sort of answered the OP, I just had to go through this myself and without even googling I was able to find the quickest and simplest solution. Here's simple steps:

• copy existing .gitconfg from your other repo
• paste into your newly added repo
• change values in .gitconfig file, such as name, email and username [user] name = John email = john@email.net username = john133
• add filename to .gitignore list, to make sure you don't commit .gitconfig file to your work repo