Index Flow

Smart renumber and remove numbering for Markdown files and folders in Obsidian.

✨ Why Index Flow?

Managing files and folders with numeric prefixes (e.g. 01., 02., 03.) can quickly become messy when inserting, reordering, or cleaning items.

Index Flow provides:

• Clean renumbering
• Safe numbering removal
• Independent numbering for files and folders
• Collision protection
• Undo support
• Visual preview before applying changes

🚀 Features

🧮 Renumber Markdown Files

• Automatically renumbers .md files inside a folder
• Zero-padded format (01., 02., 03.)
• Strict mode (no silent auto-fixes)
• Safe two-phase renaming to prevent collisions
• Visual diff preview with highlighted changes

Example:

Untitled 1.md → 01. Untitled 1.md

❌ Remove File or Folder Numbering

• Removes leading numeric prefixes (e.g. 01. )
• Smart collision handling
  Automatically appends 1, 2, 3 if needed
• Visual preview with highlighted removals and additions

Example:

1. Untitled 1.md → Untitled 1.md

📁 Renumber Folders

• Renumbers immediate subfolders without touching nested levels
• Keeps folder numbering independent from file numbering
• Supports safe numbering removal and collision handling
• Uses the same preview, selection, rollback, and undo workflow

↩ Undo Last Operation

• Fully revert the last batch operation
• Safe and predictable

🛡 Safety

• No external network requests
• No analytics
• No access outside your vault
• No modification of note content
• All file operations use Obsidian's official API

📦 Installation

Community Plugin (if approved)

1. Open Settings → Community Plugins
2. Search for Index Flow
3. Install and enable

⚙ Usage

Right-click a folder and choose:

• Renumber Markdown Files
• Remove File Numbering
• Renumber Subfolders
• Remove Folder Numbering
• Undo Last Operation

🎯 Design Philosophy

Index Flow is built around three principles:

• Clarity
• Safety
• Predictability

No silent changes.
No hidden behavior.
You always see what will happen before it happens.

📌 Version

Current version: 2.2.2

📄 License

MIT