Git Author Switchboard

Switch Git author identities per repository from a VS Code sidebar.

Features

• Add, edit, delete, and switch Git author profiles.
• Apply user.name and user.email to the current repository with local Git config.
• Remember the assigned profile per repository and auto-apply it when the repo opens.
• Show safety warnings when the current repo identity does not match the assigned profile.
• Generate GitHub SSH keys and SSH config aliases without storing private keys.
• Test GitHub SSH login for a profile alias.
• Convert GitHub remotes to a selected SSH alias, restore normal github.com remotes, and copy remote URLs.
• Import the current repo identity as a saved profile.
• Show global Git identity next to the current repository identity.

Use this extension only for Git identities and GitHub accounts you are authorized to use.

Commands

• Git Identity: Open Dashboard
• Git Identity: Quick Switch Profile
• Git Identity: Add Profile
• Git Identity: Switch Profile
• Git Identity: Show Current Profile
• Git Identity: Generate SSH Key
• Git Identity: Open GitHub SSH Settings

Private SSH keys remain in ~/.ssh and are never stored by the extension.