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External Rename Handler

mnaoumovmnaoumov3k downloads

Handles renames made outside of the app.

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This is a plugin for Obsidian that handles renames in the vault made outside of Obsidian app.

By default, Obsidian does not handle renames made outside of the app. It treats them as pair of create/delete events.

This plugin handles renames made outside of Obsidian app by treating them as a single rename event.

[!WARNING]

The plugin works only if Obsidian is running during the external renames.

The plugin only handles renames for those files/folders that Obsidian tracks.

The plugin only handles renames made inside the vault.

The plugin doesn't handle the renames made outside of the vault even if the renamed files are referenced within the vault.

The plugin doesn't handle the renames in files/folders that start with . (dot).

Installation

The plugin is available in the official Community Plugins repository.

Beta versions

To install the latest beta release of this plugin (regardless if it is available in the official Community Plugins repository or not), follow these steps:

  1. Ensure you have the BRAT plugin installed and enabled.
  2. Click Install via BRAT.
  3. An Obsidian pop-up window should appear. In the window, click the Add plugin button once and wait a few seconds for the plugin to install.

Debugging

By default, debug messages for this plugin are hidden.

To show them, run the following command:

window.DEBUG.enable('external-rename-handler');

For more details, refer to the documentation.

Support

My other Obsidian resources

See my other Obsidian resources.

License

© Michael Naumov

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Handle renames performed outside Obsidian by treating them as single rename events instead of separate create/delete actions. Operate only while Obsidian is running and only for tracked files and folders inside the vault, skipping dot-prefixed items and changes outside the vault.
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Details
Current version
3.0.40
Last updated
2 months ago
Created
Last year
Updates
72 releases
Downloads
3k
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.12.4+
License
MIT
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