If we want to use different authentication keys for a particular Git repo, we can edit the config file of the repo and add the sshCommand setting.

Navigate to the repository’s Git configuration directory:

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cd /path/to/repo/.git

In the folder there’s a file called config. We are interested in the core section. To use a particular SSH key for Git, we would write the command as shown below. Replace the name of the key file with your own.

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[core]
	...
	...
	...
	sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/my_custom_git_key