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Why is SSH key for specific Host not used before catch-all?

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Ruan

I'm trying to connect to Github (on a Mac) using a specific SSH key. When my .ssh/config file looks like this:

Host github.priv.com
  HostName github.com
  UseKeyChain yes
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_gh_priv

Host *
  UseKeyChain yes
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

it uses id_rsa when I run ssh -T [email protected], but when I use a specific host:

Host github.priv.com
  HostName github.com
  UseKeyChain yes
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_gh_priv

Host github.com
  UseKeyChain yes
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

it uses id_gh_priv when I run ssh -T [email protected].

What am I missing? I thought it's supposed to use the first config that matches.

NOTE: both keys are in the OSX keychain.

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Ruan
My current workaround is to add an additional ssh key with a separate config for `github.com` ``` Host github.com UseKeyChain yes AddKeysToAgent yes IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_gh_default ```
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