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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set -euo pipefail | |
| # Usage: setup-gh <profile_name> <profile_dir> | |
| # Example: setup-gh work ~/dev/profiles/work | |
| if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $0 <profile_name> <profile_dir>" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| PROFILE_NAME="$1" | |
| PROFILE_DIR="$2" | |
| ABS_PROFILE_DIR="$(realpath "$PROFILE_DIR")" | |
| mkdir -p "$ABS_PROFILE_DIR" | |
| # Generate SSH key for this profile | |
| KEY_PATH="$ABS_PROFILE_DIR/${PROFILE_NAME}_id_ed25519" | |
| if [ ! -f "$KEY_PATH" ]; then | |
| ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "$PROFILE_NAME@github" -f "$KEY_PATH" -N "" | |
| echo "SSH key generated at $KEY_PATH" | |
| else | |
| echo "SSH key already exists at $KEY_PATH" | |
| fi | |
| # Add ssh config entry | |
| SSH_CONFIG="$HOME/.ssh/config" | |
| HOST_ALIAS="github-$PROFILE_NAME" | |
| if ! grep -q "$HOST_ALIAS" "$SSH_CONFIG" 2>/dev/null; then | |
| { | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Host $HOST_ALIAS" | |
| echo " HostName github.com" | |
| echo " User git" | |
| echo " IdentityFile $KEY_PATH" | |
| echo " IdentitiesOnly yes" | |
| echo " AddKeysToAgent yes" | |
| } >> "$SSH_CONFIG" | |
| echo "Added SSH config for $HOST_ALIAS" | |
| else | |
| echo "SSH config for $HOST_ALIAS already exists" | |
| fi | |
| # Configure git inside the profile directory | |
| ( | |
| cd "$ABS_PROFILE_DIR" | |
| git config user.name "$PROFILE_NAME" | |
| git config user.email "[email protected]" | |
| git config core.sshCommand "ssh -i $KEY_PATH -F $HOME/.ssh/config -o IdentitiesOnly=yes" | |
| ) | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "✅ Setup complete for profile: $PROFILE_NAME" | |
| echo "Public key for GitHub:" | |
| echo "" | |
| cat "$KEY_PATH.pub" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "➡️ Add this key to your GitHub account (Settings → SSH and GPG keys)." | |
| echo "➡️ Use clone URLs like: git@github-$PROFILE_NAME:<youruser>/<repo>.git" |
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