obs2mk

The script can be use :

• Directly in Obsidian, using Obsidian Shell Commands (see Obsidian shell configuration )
• In a terminal.

The supported system are :

• macOS, Linux and Windows
• IOS (with Pyto and/or a-shell with Working Copy)

Script's Configuration

At the first run, you will be asked to configure some key and specific path.

1. Vault : Use the file dialog to choose your vault folder.
2. Publish repository folder : As vault path, use the file dialog.
3. share : You can change the share key. By default, it's share
4. Index key: Support for citation of [[../Template - The blog/customization and css#folder-note|pagination index pages]]. By default, it uses (i)
5. Default blog folder: By default, the notes will be in docs/notes but you can change that, or use / for root.

Commands

Global options :

• --git : No commit and push to git ;
• --mobile : Use mobile shortcuts instead of --git
• --meta : Update frontmatter of source files
• --keep : Don't delete files in blog folder
• --shell : Remove Rich printing

Commands and specific options :

• config : (it will ignore --use configuration_name)
  • --new configuration_name : Create a specific configuration for some files
• all : Share all vault
  • --force : Force updating (ignore the difference between the source and blog file)
  • --vault : Share all vault file, ignoring the share state.
• file [file] : Share only one file

usage: __main__.py [-h] [--mobile | --git] [--meta] [--keep] [--use configuration_name] {config,all,file} ...

positional arguments:
  {config,all,file}
    config              Configure the script : Add or edit your vault and blog absolute path, change some keys.
    all                 Publish multiple files
    file                Publish only one file

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --mobile, --shortcuts
                        Use mobile shortcuts, without push
  --git, --g, --G       No commit and no push to git
  --meta, --m, --M      Update the frontmatter of the source file, adding the note blog's link
  --keep, --k, --K      Keep deleted file from vault and removed shared file
  --use configuration_name, --config configuration_name
                        Use a different config from default

The commands order is : obs2mk (global_options) [all|config|file FILEPATH] (specific_options)

Where :

• Global and specific options are optional
• all, config and file¹ are required You can use the command without argument with obs2mk to share every share: true file in your vault.

Share one file : obs2mk file FILEPATH

It will :

• Update the share state in original file
• Convert one file, regardless of what is the share state.

Share all file : obs2mk all or obs2mk

You can share multiple documents at once with scanning your Vault, looking for the share: true. It will convert automatically these files.
Only file with modification since the last sharing will be updated.

You can :

• Share entirely your vault (that's ignore the share state) with : obs2mk all --vault
• Ignore the difference between the source file and the blog's file with : obs2mk all --force Also, you can combine the two options.

Multiple configurations

You can use and create multiple configuration files. This allows to have multiple site based on one vault, or different vault accross one site...

1. To create a new configuration file : obs2mk config --new configuration_name
2. To use a configuration use : --use configuration_name For example : obs2mk --use configuration_name

See [[configuration template]] for more information about the configuration file.

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Footnotes

1. For file you need to add the filepath of the file you want to share : obs2mk (global_option) file "filepath" (specific_options) ↩