Heroswitch allows you to easily switch between multiple Heroku account profiles. For example, if you have a work and a personal account, or if you have a seperate account for each client you work with, switching between account manually can be a tedious process. With just a few lines of configuration, heroswitch solves that pain.
You will need to create a credentials file in ~/.heroku for each account you wish to switch between. Name the files account_name.credentials. Example:
work.credentials file:
username@work.com work_heroku_password
personal.credentials file:
username@gmail.com personal_heroku_password
(Sorry about the plaintext credentials. Talk to Heroku about that!)
You will also want to setup a special ssh-config for each account in your ~/.ssh/config file. You will need a section for each account, changing the Host param to match the name of your account.
Host personal.heroku.com HostName heroku.com User git IdentityFile ~/.ssh/path/to/personal/account/private_key.identity IdentitiesOnly yes
Last, you will need to remember to use “account”.heroku.com when adding heroku remotes. i.e.:
$ git remote add heroku [email protected]:MyApp.git
The heroswitch application is distributed as a RubyGem and is available immediately after installation.
sudo gem install heroswitch
Alternately, download the gem and install manually.
Print your current credentials to the screen
$ heroswitch
Show a list of the accounts for which you’ve setup credentials
$ heroswitch -l
Switch to a different account profile
$ heroswitch personal
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