juandi-m / githubaccswitcher

Bash script for switching between accounts with error handling and conditionals.

GitHub Account Switcher

This script allows you to easily switch between different GitHub accounts on your local Mac (MacOS)

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Setup
• Usage
• Troubleshooting
• Contributing

Features

• Allows switching between two different GitHub accounts.
• Validates your GitHub credentials using HTTP response codes.
• Prints user-friendly HTTP response messages.
• Avoids unnecessary operations if you're already logged into the desired account.

Requirements

• Bash 4.0 or later.
• Git 2.0 or later.
• cURL.
• GitHub accounts with Personal Access Tokens.
• Give chmod permissions to the script

Setup

1. Clone this repository.
2. Open the account_switcher.sh script in a text editor.
3. Replace the placeholders with your GitHub usernames, Personal Access Tokens, and email addresses:
   • github_user1: Your GitHub username for account 1.
   • github_pat1: Your Personal Access Token for account 1.
   • github_email1: Your email address for account 1.
   • github_user2: Your GitHub username for account 2.
   • github_pat2: Your Personal Access Token for account 2.
   • github_email2: Your email address for account 2.

Usage

To run the script, use the following command in a terminal:

Permissions:

chmod +x account_switcher.sh

Execution

./account_switcher.sh

You'll be presented with options to choose between your two configured accounts. Enter your choice, and the script will switch to that account (or tell you if you're already using it).

Troubleshooting

• If you receive a fatal: not in a git directory error, ensure you're running the script in a directory that's been initialized as a Git repository.
• If the script fails to validate your GitHub credentials, check the HTTP response code and message for clues about the issue.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to this script. Please open an issue or submit a pull request on this repository to suggest changes or improvements.