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Context

You're Robin and you want to commit as Batman.

~/.gitconfig

[user]
	email = [email protected]
	name = robin
[core]
	sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/robin_pk

[includeIf "gitdir:/home/user/BatmanSrc/**"]
    path = ~/.gitconfig.batman

~/.gitconfig.batman

[user]
	email = [email protected]
	name = batman
[core]
	sshCommand = ssh -i ~/.ssh/batman_pk

Explanation

Any git commands inside ~/BatmanSrc/ will make it look like you're Batman.

References

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-codegitdircode

https://stackoverflow.com/a/78194261/9133262