Clone an Existing Vault which uses obsidian-git

2024-06-30

Get URL of existing vault

• git@github.com:USERNAME/REPONAME
• keybase://private/USERNAME/REPONAME
• keybase://team/TEAMNAME/REPONAME
• etc.

Clone the repo

mkdir -p ~/Documents/Obsidian
cd ~/Documents/Obsidian
git clone keybase://team/TEAMNAME/REPONAME VAULTNAME

Open vault

• File → Open Vault...
• Open folder as vault - click "Open"
• Navigate to ~/Documents/Obsidian/VAULTNAME, click "Open"
• When asked about trusting plugins, say yes

Configure plugin

• Settings - (⌘,) or (Obsidian → Settings)
• On the left, under "Community Plugins" (bottom), select "Git"
• Under "Commit message"
  • {{hostname}} placeholder replacement → identifier for this machine (not sync'ed in git repo)
• Under "Advanced"
  • Additional PATH environment variable paths (especially if you see popups about commands not being recognized, such as gpg or keybase-remote)

    /usr/local/bin
    /opt/homebrew/bin
    /opt/keybase/bin
    

  • Reload with new environment variables → Reload