Suggestion: Way to link multiple personal accounts together

[gedalyahreback]

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I am a freelancer that maintains a personal GitHub account, but accesses and contributes to client repositories via separate accounts made with those companies' email addresses.

Can a feature be developed that allows contributions made under one of these enterprise accounts to count toward the overall contributions of my main personal account? I'm sure this would also benefit anyone who switches between companies.

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Here are a couple of possible answers to this question:

Answer 1: Current Workarounds & GitHub’s Limitations

Hi @gedalyahreback,
Currently, GitHub does not offer an official way to merge or link multiple accounts for contribution tracking. However, here are some workarounds you might find useful:

1. Use a Single Account for All Contributions – If possible, request access to client repositories using your personal GitHub account instead of creating separate accounts.
2. GPG Signing & Email Associations – You can add multiple email addresses to your personal GitHub account and sign commits with the appropriate email. This will ensure contributions appear under your main account.
   • Go to Settings → Emails and add your work emails.
   • Enable "Keep my email address private" if you want privacy while still associating contributions.
3. Manually Display Contributions – You can reference work done under other accounts in your personal profile’s README.md or via a pinned repository with links.

That said, an official linking feature would be a great enhancement for freelancers and consultants. You can suggest it directly on [GitHub's feedback portal](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions).

Answer 2: Support for Linking Accounts Would Be Great

Hi @gedalyahreback,
This is a great suggestion! Many freelancers and consultants face this issue when working across multiple accounts. Right now, GitHub contributions are tied to individual accounts and emails, so linking them automatically isn’t possible.

One possible alternative would be for GitHub to introduce an "Associated Accounts" feature, allowing contributions from multiple accounts to be merged under a primary profile. This could work similarly to how linked identities function in some other platforms.

I'd recommend posting this idea in [GitHub’s Discussions](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions) under Product Feedback so others can upvote it! 🚀