obsidian-git
2024-06-30
obsidian-git is a plugin for Obsidian which automatically tracks changes to a vault in a git repo. If the repo is linked to a "remote" (like Github, Keybase, etc.) the plugin can also push the changes to that remote as they happen.
For me, this serves a few purposes:
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The git repo, by itself, provides a way to go back and see previous versions of notes which change over time.
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The git remote serves as a built-in backup mechanism. For non-public vaults I use Keybase git, so it's a cryptographically secure backup - even Keybase themselves can't decrypt what's in the repo.
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Using a git remote also provides a way to use the same vaults on multiple computers.
I ran into some issues when I started using obsidian-git, because some of the documentation out there wasn't written in a way that "clicked" for me. I went through several iterations of creating dummy vaults, adding the plugin to them, and figuring out how it works. I kept my own notes while I was doing this, and I almost feel like I understand it now.
I'm adding my notes on this site in case somebody else might find them useful. You know, because there isn't enough documentation about it already.
