This page includes some snippets to manage Github ssh connection settings.

Behind a proxy #

Connect to Github with ssh behind a proxy. In the config file:

Host github.com
  Hostname ssh.github.com
  Port 443
  User git

Test if success.

ssh -T -p 443 git@ssh.github.com
ssh -T git@github.com

Customizing name #

By default ssh-keygen -t rsa creates the identify file named id_rsa. There are two options to add identify file to ssh manager.

1. In the ssh config add the IdentifyFile entry
2. ssh-add --apple-use-keychain /path/to/key

Multiple Github profiles #

To manage multiple Github ssh keys on a single machine, add a new domain in ssh config.

Host github.com-another-account
  Hostname ssh.github.com
  Port 443
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_another_account

Test if success.

ssh -T git@github.com-another-account

Cloning repository.

git clone git@github.com-another-account:another_account_name/repo_name.git