SourceTree multiple github account

Question

I have two different github accounts and two repositories. When cloning the repositories I have used the correct username.

But When I want to commit I am not able to choose between the users. It picks up the global git user by default.

Is there a option to choose which credential to use at the point of the commit in SourceTree.

Answer 1

This worked for me on macOS (... only)

Go to Repository > Repository Settings > Remotes and edit the repository path by adding the user name (like https://<user name>@github.com, by exemple https://[email protected]/landron/Problems.gitinstead of just https://github.com/landron/Problems.git). Then, at the first push (tentative), SourceTree will ask for password (and store it to Keychain if you're on macOS). I found the idea on the Atlassian support site.

Windows update I did not succeed in doing the same because I did not convince SourceTree to make/use two accounts in Credentials Manager: git:https://<user1>@github.com and git:https://<user2>@github.com (they can be created manually by "Add a generic credential" in Control Panel\User Accounts\Credential Manager).

Identification update @Simeon Visser's answer matters (at least) for github statistics (contributions) because github identifies the user by email address (see "The email address used for the commits is associated with your GitHub account." here).