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You can have includeIf sections in your .gitconfig that applies only to things within a certain directory. So you if you create top level directories in your $HOME for your various identities, all you need to do is to make sure you are cloning into and working within the appropriate directory hierarchy.

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I do this to separate personal and company repositories on the same machine, and it works flawlessly. An example config looks like:

~/.gitconfig:

```

[includeIf "gitdir:~/Personal/"]

        path = ~/personal.gitconfig

```

~/personal.gitconfig:

```

[user]

        email = {personal email address}

```

And you can have arbitrary numbers of "profiles" like this, as long as each is in their own directory.

Oh that's really cool! I'm absolutely going to use this technique. Thanks both of you!

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