Conditional Git config

A little known feature of Git is that you can have conditions, for instance, to have a work and personal name and email.

First, the ~/.gitconfig file:

[includeIf "gitdir:~/src/personal/"]  path = ~/.gitconfig.personal[includeIf "gitdir:~/src/work/"]  path = ~/.gitconfig.work

After specifying this, you can then create two files, ~/.gitconfig.personal and ~/.gitconfig.work, containing:

[user]    email = email@something.com    name = MyName

and

[user]    email = jae@consoso.com    name = Very serious business person

Now, when you are in ~/src/personal/, the personal email and name will be used, and when in ~/src/work/, the work one will be.