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I use it to split my work and my personal GitHub accounts!

jacksonlango 6y ago
Do you use windows? I found that having multiple GitHub account is infuriating on windows because it forces you to go into an obscure security manager to delete a record in order to switch which account your using. Never found a way around it.
- timvdalen 6y ago
  I had never heard of this so I just tried to reproduce this - I have no trouble logging into two separate GitHub accounts in different Chrome profiles. What makes Firefox profiles different?
  - KallDrexx 6y ago
    I think he's talking about the windows credential manager for HTTPS authorization for cloning/pushing.
    - timvdalen 6y ago
      Aha! I've always just used SSH authorization with GitHub.
      - jacksonlango 6y ago
        Oh, I'll give that a try, thanks!
  - worble 6y ago
    I think he means when using git from the command line. Trying to push to your repo will trigger a github sign in process, which will then save the credentials to Windows Credential Manager. Git will then ALWAYS use those from that point on credentials unless you go into the manager and delete them, which is a massive pain if you use multiple github accounts.
leecb 6y ago
> GitHub recommends using only one user account to manage both personal and professional repositories. https://github.community/t/using-one-account-for-all-your-projects/10197 https://github.community/t/using-one-account-for-all-your-pr...
- Drdrdrq 6y ago
  Of course they do. That doesn't make it a good idea though.
- matsemann 6y ago
  Where I'm contracting now didn't want my account added to their org because it's not a profile picture of me. As the public facing stuff of the account is my personal stuff, I don't want someone else to tell me how it should be. So a new account for this customer it is..
- leipert 6y ago
  Be careful. If you ever write a commit for an open source project a disgruntled employer could become ideas, depending on your contract.
- ciriarte 6y ago
  I wish they didn’t do that. Or preferably, I wish they had native “containers” for work and personal repos. Explore is one of my favorite features and now it’s crowded with work related suggestions. It makes it harder to separate the personal/professional persona and interests. This problem also manifests in notifications. I want a clear separation so I can focus on my personal life after work. I’ve thought many times about creating a separate account.
- moritonal 6y ago
  We actually discussed this for quite a while at work when I pushed us to start contributing to open-source. Mostly it came down to the fact that TfL wished me to keep my work-life and personal-life separate to keep things simple. Reading that back, it doesn't sound so crazy.
- endgame 6y ago

Do you use windows? I found that having multiple GitHub account is infuriating on windows because it forces you to go into an obscure security manager to delete a record in order to switch which account your using. Never found a way around it.

timvdalen 6y ago
I had never heard of this so I just tried to reproduce this - I have no trouble logging into two separate GitHub accounts in different Chrome profiles. What makes Firefox profiles different?
- KallDrexx 6y ago
  I think he's talking about the windows credential manager for HTTPS authorization for cloning/pushing.
  - timvdalen 6y ago
    Aha! I've always just used SSH authorization with GitHub.
    - jacksonlango 6y ago
      Oh, I'll give that a try, thanks!
- worble 6y ago
  I think he means when using git from the command line. Trying to push to your repo will trigger a github sign in process, which will then save the credentials to Windows Credential Manager. Git will then ALWAYS use those from that point on credentials unless you go into the manager and delete them, which is a massive pain if you use multiple github accounts.

leecb 6y ago

> GitHub recommends using only one user account to manage both personal and professional repositories. https://github.community/t/using-one-account-for-all-your-projects/10197 https://github.community/t/using-one-account-for-all-your-pr...

Drdrdrq 6y ago
Of course they do. That doesn't make it a good idea though.
matsemann 6y ago
Where I'm contracting now didn't want my account added to their org because it's not a profile picture of me. As the public facing stuff of the account is my personal stuff, I don't want someone else to tell me how it should be. So a new account for this customer it is..
leipert 6y ago
Be careful. If you ever write a commit for an open source project a disgruntled employer could become ideas, depending on your contract.
ciriarte 6y ago
I wish they didn’t do that. Or preferably, I wish they had native “containers” for work and personal repos. Explore is one of my favorite features and now it’s crowded with work related suggestions. It makes it harder to separate the personal/professional persona and interests. This problem also manifests in notifications. I want a clear separation so I can focus on my personal life after work. I’ve thought many times about creating a separate account.
moritonal 6y ago
We actually discussed this for quite a while at work when I pushed us to start contributing to open-source. Mostly it came down to the fact that TfL wished me to keep my work-life and personal-life separate to keep things simple. Reading that back, it doesn't sound so crazy.
endgame 6y ago