Git using wrong email address when talking to Heroku

Question

git clone [email protected]:myapp.git

Results in a "myoldemailaddress not authorized to access myapp"

myoldemailaddress was an email address I was using on an old heroku account, but it seems to be stuck using it, I can use my new one.

I've removed the .heroku directory, and regenerated it, it has the correct user name and password, I can see my apps listed I've uploaded my key (I've regenerated my several times now) ssh-keygen -t rsa -C mynewaddress

I uninstalled and reinstalled heroku on a different user in the same machine it works just fine.

Something about my account has my old address, but I can't figure out where.

Answer 1

In case you still need an answer to this, the problem is that you probably have an old ssh key loaded in your ssh-agent.

To check your currently loaded keys, use the following command:

ssh-add -L 

First remove that key from the agent with (remember sudo):

sudo ssh-add -d 

Then, add the new key (the one with yournewemailaddress) with

ssh-add /path/to/your/private/key/file 

This should fix the problem.

Answer 2

I solved the same problem with the following steps:

1. deleted the application on heroku

2. generated new keys with

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C myNewEmail

1. uploaded new keys with

heroku keys:add

1. recreated and pushed the application

some steps may be optional (like deleting the application) but this worked!

E/