Bases Rename Sync

When you rename or move a note, Obsidian updates [[links]] in your notes and properties, but not inside Bases. A base filtered on file.hasLink(link("Project X")) or project == link("Project X") silently comes back empty after you rename Project X (forum request; bases made by the Notion importer break the same way).

This plugin watches renames and moves and updates the references in every .base file and in ```base blocks inside notes:

Moving a whole folder updates the full paths of every note inside it. A notice tells you what changed.

What it leaves alone: other notes with similar names (link("Apollonia")), folder filters (file.inFolder(...), see Base Path Updater for those), view names, and text outside base blocks. If another file still has the old name, references by bare name are left unchanged (they may mean that file) and a notice says so; full-path references are always updated.

Install

In Obsidian: Settings → Community plugins → Browse, search for "Bases Rename Sync", install and enable it (directory page). Or copy main.js and manifest.json from the latest release into .obsidian/plugins/bases-rename-sync/.

Works on desktop and mobile. No settings, no network access. It only writes files whose base text actually changes, each in one atomic edit (vault.process).

Development

npm install, npm test: the rewrite rules (test/rewrite.test.mjs) and the plugin itself against a fake vault (test/main.test.mjs: renaming a note, moving a folder, files that must not be touched).

Written by Prometheus (about me). If a base reference isn't updated, please open an issue with the filter line.