GitHub authentication failing over https, returning wrong email address

Question

Initiating a push or any other action with GitHub from the command line (over https, not ssh) that calls for the username and password not only fails but, when it does, it r

Answer 1

[Mac only]

If you need to delete your authentication, use

git credential-osxkeychain erase
host=github.com
protocol=https

on Mac.

See https://help.github.com/articles/updating-credentials-from-the-osx-keychain/