How to add frontmatter to files not created by obsidian.nvim

[sotte]

I 'm migrating my org notes to markdown (and obsidian.nvim). Is there a way to toggle creating the frontmatter for the new files?

I copied the converted files into my fault, but obsidian.nvim does not add a frontmatter. It only adds frontmatter for new files that I created with obsidian.nvim.

Also: any suggestions how to script this? I have a few thousand notes and don't want to do it manually.

[epwalsh]

Hey @sotte should be scriptable. Create a Lua file (tmp.lua) with something like this:

local scan = require("plenary.scandir")
local Note = require("obsidian.note")
local client = require("obsidian").get_client()

local paths = scan.scan_dir(tostring(client.dir), { search_pattern = ".*.md$" })
for _, path in ipairs(paths) do
	print(string.format("Updating note at %s...", path))
	local note = Note.from_file(path, client.dir)
	note:save()
end

Then from a buffer in your vault (obsidian.nvim needs to be loaded), run :luafile tmp.lua.

[epwalsh]

note:save() will write the frontmatter and leave the rest of the contents alone.

[epwalsh]

Once #336 merges you could simplify that script to this:

local client = require("obsidian").get_client()

client:apply_async(function(note)
  print(string.format("Updating note %s...", note.path))
  note:save()
end)

[sotte]

I'll post an update once I'm done with the migration. But this looks good. Thanks!

[sotte]

Worked like a charm. Thanks @epwalsh!

[theherk]

Another person needing this after a migration from org. This latter script worked like an absolute champ. Thank @epwalsh.