pyGitSwitch 0.2.0

Github Desktop Multi account switcher

pyGitSwitch

GitHub Desktop Multi account switcher

➤ Why :

https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/3707 Since GitHub Desktop doesn't natively support multiple account.

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 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 support 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 seperated by space

$ gitswitch init -c user1 -u user2 user3

$ gitswitch init -u user1 user2

Switch

• Run account switcher

$ gitswitch switch --help
usage: gitswitch switch [-h] [-d]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -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 switch command by default

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

➤ ToDo:

• Delete account/s.