Backup Obsidian Using Git

Note

This will also backup your editor config

Install obsidian-git Community Plugin

Open Obsidian Git and click Install.

Create Github Repo

Go to Github, create a new repository and copy the ssh link.

Init a New Git Repo

cd your-vault-directory-path

git init

Add Remote

git remote add origin [email protected]:your-user/your-repo.git

First Commit

git add .

git commit -m "First commit"

Push

git push -u origin master

Configure obsidian-git

• Set Vault backup interval (minutes) to anything you like. This will define how often obsidian pushes changes to Github. Setting it to 0 will disable this functionality.
• Set Auto pull interval (minutes) to anything you like. This will define how often obsidian pulls changes from Github. Setting it to 0 will disable this functionality.