How to back up your notes with Obsidian Git

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0:00 Downloads
0:19 Obsidian Vault setup
1:07 Github Desktop setup
4:08 Obsidian Github Repository
8:08 Searching Backup history

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Danny Hatcher is a researcher, filmmaker and journalist. He currently is based in Eastbourne, UK, reporting on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe. Danny's storytelling blends rigorous research with videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. He holds a BSc in Sports Coaching from Brighton University and an MSc in Strength and Conditioning from Brighton University.

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For Mac OS X Users: It is important to enter the ssh-url (NOT https) of your git repo into the git config in the hidden git-folder when you create the local git-repo otherwise you might get an username-error and something about "Device not configured".

[RonakDhakan]

I watched this video thrice:
First to get an overview before I do it myself.
Second time while setting it up myself along side the video.
Then finally third time to catch any thing I missed [like the commit history].

[RonakDhakan]

Note that while installing GitHub Desktop, it does not ask for installation folder and installs to This path is not known to the Obsidian Git plugin and needs to be added in the plugin settings. I figured it out after turning the plugin off and on multiple times as that was the only solution offered in this video.

[jesuschristTRUTH]

Hello Danny, I put the .git inside my Vault folder, together with .obsidian. I was able to commit all my files to Github but the error is still there in Obsidian Git. "Git is not ready. When all settings are correct you can configure auto backup, etc." I have tried restarting Obsidian and uninstalling the plugin. It also says, "cannot run git command". Is it because it is inside Google Drive? What could be the problem? I'm using Windows. Thanks.

[CelestialCookies]

I didn't know what I was doing wrong since I was getting errors with the plugin. I followed your tutorial step by step and now it's working for me! Thank you so much.

[SergeyIT]

1:34 To initialize the repository inside our vault instead of creating a new directory, just put a dot (.) instead of the repository name. Then you don't need to move the .git directory.

[musicforlife]

Thanks a lot man. This is the best explanation on youtube till now.

[konstantinfrolov]

I am not completely illiterate but I couldn't have done it without your help! Very precise, step-by-step explanation.

[aloysiodemedeiroswinter]

Thanks a lot, all your instructions are clear, and you provide step-by-step guidance.

[Serifinity]

Thanks for this video, it has saved me twice 👍

[mageprometheus]

Thanks, Danny. I like doing branches when making big changes/experiments while running with the original. If everything is good it's easy to see the differences and merge the branch into the live version.

[DheerajAeshdj]

BEST TUTORIAL FOR THIS. ABSOLUTE BEST. INSTANTLY SUBSCRIBED.

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Short, sweet and clear!

Thanks!!!

[stxllr]

Thanks so much, your tutorial was the only one that worked!

[cosmiclattemusic]

bro you are amazing, thank you so much, truely <3
your way to explain everything helped me a lot, flawless

[connradolisboa]

Nice! Thanks. I was having a CLFR or something error when commiting the vault after pasting into the directory. In the end it was a pdf file that had a long name. Just changed the name and everything worked nicely!

[BWAC]

Just set this up using my own Gitea so it's not cloud reliant. If anyone was wondering it's the same process, it basically is. However you do also need to do 1 commit first for some reason
git add *
git commit -am "initial commit"
git push

Then re-open obsidian and it worked a charm, this would also work in gogs. Cheers

[thomaswormald]

I don't know if this will be helpful for anyone else; I initially had issues until I changed the Git binary path to point to the git.exe file in C:\Program Files\Git\bin\

[innxrmxst]

Hi! Awesome video. How did you managed to hide all of that screenshots?

[lemonway]

excuse me, I have done all of the things u teached, but I still got the error: Git is not ready, when all setting are correct u can confugure auto backup. How can I solve this?