Tim,

Nice refinement.  Thank you!

-- bennet



On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Timothy Rice <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Bennet,
>
>> Host carpenter-git
>>     HostName github.com
>>     IdentityFile /Users/bennet/.ssh/carpenterbennet
>> Host just-git
>>     HostName github.com
>>     IdentityFile /Users/bennet/.ssh/justbennet
>
> You might find it interesting to try a small change:
>
> Host carpenter-git just-git
>     HostName github.com
>     User git
> Host carpenter-git
>     IdentityFile /Users/bennet/.ssh/carpenterbennet
> Host just-git
>     IdentityFile /Users/bennet/.ssh/justbennet
>
> This would give two benefits:
>
> * You don't have to worry about the "git@" part when specifying the remote.
> * If you need to change the way you access GitHub (eg you're stuck behind
>   some organisation's oppressive proxy and need to tunnel your way out) you
>   will just need to change the config in one place.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Tim

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