git-profiles

Setting up a new git profile shouldn't take more than seconds. This simple, interactive bash utility script automates the process of creating a new git "profile" with its own SSH keys and GPG signing key (optional).

What it does?

1. Creates a new directory structure with .ssh keys
2. Generates SSH key pair (using default ssh-keygen settings)
3. (Optional) Generates GPG signing key and configures git to use it for signing commits
4. Creates a profile-specific .gitconfig file in the profile directory
5. Appends includeIf directive to the global gitconfig
6. Prints out public SSH and GPG keys for easy copying into Git hosting services (GitHub, GitLab, etc.)

Newly created profile directory looks like this:

myProfile/
├── .gitconfig
└── .ssh
    ├── id_profile_ssh
    └── id_profile_ssh.pub

When inside myProfile directory (or any of its subdirectories!) git will use the newly created SSH keys and GPG signing key.

Usage

All you need to do is to run the git_add_profile.sh. You can either copy-paste the script content into a new file or:

1. Download the script and save it in your local bin:

   mkdir -p ~/bin
   sudo curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Foxfactory-pl/git-profiles/refs/heads/main/git_add_profile.sh -o /usr/local/bin/git-add-profile

2. Make it executable:

   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/git-add-profile

3. Run the script:

   git-add-profile