Thank you for making Obsidian! I am wondering if you have any plans to package the headless sync client up for container use in Docker or Podman?
replyAlso, is the Obsidian CLI available when obsidian-headless is installed? Or is obsidian-headless only a sync client at this time?
Wanted to say thanks. We were literally talking about the lack of a cli sync at work last week and I had moved to Syncthing because of that gap.
replyDefinitely will be looking at the official Obsidian sync plan now.
How are sync conflicts handled in the filesystem? Say I write to a file and another client's edit wins and mine is rejected.
replyThe headless Obsidian Sync client works the same way as desktop and mobile clients, see:
replyhttps://help.obsidian.md/sync/troubleshoot
- Markdown files: Obsidian Sync merges the changes using Google's diff-match-patch algorithm.
- Other file types: For all other files, including canvases, Obsidian uses a "last modified wins" approach. The most recently modified version replaces earlier versions.
For conflicts in Obsidian settings, such as plugin settings, Obsidian Sync merges the JSON files. It applies keys from the local JSON on top of the remote JSON.
Are there plans to support scoped token permissions (specific folders or even specific notes)? I'd love to try setting up something that automatically updates a specific Obsidian note on a state change or cronjob, but I'd want to avoid giving access to the rest of the vault.
replyalso, thanks for the great product, bought the vip catalyst as a show of support.
Thanks for your support! Sync is end-to-end encrypted so the server doesn't know about specific paths in your vault. You would have to set those permissions at the filesystem level, or with the tool you're using.
replyRelated tangent: "Relay" (https://relay.md") lets you sync / share files based on directory (vs. the whole vault). That enables things like "my private vault contains a subdir for work, and my work machine syncs to only that child subdir".
replyDo you have a good starting point or explanation to share about using obsidian for a team, where we all change/sync files?
replyNo question. Just wanted to drop by and say Obsidian is actually pretty cool. An absolute joy to use, and I only wish I learned about it earlier than I did.
replyIt would be nice if one could sync dot files in the vault. For example, the .claude or .pi folder containing skills and whatnot.
replyYes, we're looking into that!
replyI’m using a couchdb instance to sync a bunch of local obsidian installs and use an obsidian plugin to keep them synced- would this change that or make it easier?
replyNo questions, just thanks for helping with a great product.
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