From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_SBL,URIBL_SBL_A autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B66C54FD0 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:32:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7647920704 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:32:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="usmrR3ZT" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728740AbgDWTcO (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:32:14 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com ([173.228.157.53]:58066 "EHLO pb-smtp21.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728652AbgDWTcO (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:32:14 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822F7CA197; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:32:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=spL9JrgzUr42xES6JOejcXO7aII=; b=usmrR3 ZTytGzT0PkHIsZ+Yq4bRIsQdUaZ9MmGFyhNJCbI1TbLGcbiDgPEpw3Gtfoon2GmL 9HbQnicljfjlcH6ovNAw4Xp2fHikMTTEVvQ5oqNjb68pmxJs88wXxCmYQaZP/0E7 Jnsfywxt+XQuos/JPhMQObDEWFQ6N8uyQSbgw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=tEglCZzvMeON+B72siSYBDq2b6uAwm85 mACOyOn8SrmofXuS5rVP95vOe1W3WrnzQbwCEzPQilhdaolW4TiOyN1bfE2g2t9N 052To1fMVE87trq8UPwpy9hq6Or5UBGyQMDjKNCNEP7CEQMd9wdgjJUPlqg3XBcj YC8YP/KlelY= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ABAECA196; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:32:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.74.119.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9F9D8CA195; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:32:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Johannes Sixt Cc: "Raymond E. Pasco" , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ssh: add 'ssh.keyfile' option References: <20200423064110.77258-1-ray@ameretat.dev> <20200423112110.45405-1-ray@ameretat.dev> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:32:06 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Johannes Sixt's message of "Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:24:09 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 1F1CED58-8599-11EA-A76C-8D86F504CC47-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Johannes Sixt writes: > Am 23.04.20 um 13:21 schrieb Raymond E. Pasco: >> When a specific private key needs to be used with a repository, manually >> specifying it via 'core.sshCommand' is not ideal. This option allows a >> keyfile to be specified in the local configuration. If a keyfile is >> specified, SSH agents are disabled for the command. > > You can do this without modifying Git. Say, your key file is > ~/.ssh/id_other_ed25519, then do this: > > Rename your remote to use an invented host name: > > git remote set-url origin git@other.github.com:other/repo > > Then attach the invented name to the real host name and the identity in > your ~/.ssh/config: > > Host other.github.com > Hostname github.com > Identity ~/.ssh/id_other_ed25519 Nice. I wonder if this answer (and answers to other "how would I use .ssh/config to adjust Git to suite my use?" questions people may often ask) can be put in some of our documentation.