pyGitSwitch

GitHub Desktop Multi-account switcher

➤ Why :

desktop/desktop#3707 Since GitHub Desktop doesn't natively support multiple accounts.

So users often have to log out and log back into their work and personnel accounts and re-add the repos they're working on.

This aims to solve that problem by keeping a copy Roaming\Github Desktop for each user and then renaming the folder when asked and rename the folder back when switching to a new user. (records kept track using ~/gitswitch.json file)

➤ How :

• Make user login with each account in setup (init) process.
• rename .gitconfig and GitHub Desktop folder with username at the end.
• When the switch method is called rename the user folder to GitHub Desktop and copy over the .gitconfuser file to .gitconf.
• update the ~/gitswitch.json with the current user details.

➤ FAQ

• Q: Does this work on Linux / macOS ?

Answer

No, this script only supports windows for now. Feel free to open a pull request if you have a patch for Linux / macOS

• Q: How do you use this?

Answer

Check the installation section below.

➤ Installation

Python

• With Python >= 3.6

pip install pyGitSwitch

or install the latest development branch using

pip install git+https://github.com/AnvithLobo/pygitswitch

Windows

• Windows Standalone exe

Download the exe from releases (TBD) and add the exe and add the containing folder to your PATH

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44272416/how-to-add-a-folder-to-path-environment-variable-in-windows-10

Init

• Run gitswitch init (First run only)

$ gitswitch init --help
usage: gitswitch init [-h] [-c USERNAME] [-u USERNAME [USERNAME ...]]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c USERNAME, --current-user USERNAME
                        Store current user login as (do not delete current user)
  -u USERNAME [USERNAME ...], --users USERNAME [USERNAME ...]
                        all usernames separated by space

$ gitswitch init -c user1 -u user2 user3

$ gitswitch init -u user1 user2

Switch

• Run account switcher

$ gitswitch switch --help
gitswitch switch [-h] [-u USERNAME] [-d]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u USERNAME, --user USERNAME
                        username / userid to switch to
  -d, --do-not-start-github
                        Do NOT Start github after switching account

$ gitswitch

Stopping Github Process...

Select Account  (Current User: User1)
----------------------------------------

1. User1
2. User2
3. User3

 Enter Your Choice (1-3) : 3
---------------


Switching account to user : User3

Done

just running gitswitch without any arguments will trigger the switch command by default

---

• Non-interactive mode

$ gitswitch switch -u User2

Switching account to user : User2

Done

$ gitswitch switch -u 1

Stopping Github Process...

Switching account to user : User1

Done

Add User/s

• Add more users.

$ gitswitch adduser -h
usage: gitswitch adduser [-h] USERNAME [USERNAME ...]

positional arguments:
  USERNAME

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

$ gitswitch adduser user4 user5

$ gitswitch adduser user6

Delete User/s

• Delete user/s.

$ gitswitch deluser -h
usage: gitswitch deluser [-h] USERNAME [USERNAME ...]

positional arguments:
  USERNAME

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

$ gitswitch deluser user2 user5

$ gitswitch deluser user1

List User/s

• List user/s.

$ gitswitch showusers

----------------------------------
| ID | User Name  | Current User |
----------------------------------
|  1 | User1      | ✓️            |
|  2 | User2      | X            |
|  3 | User3      | X            |
----------------------------------

➤ ToDo:

• ...