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Smart Rename
This is a plugin for Obsidian that adds the command Smart Rename which performs the following steps after renaming the note:
- Adds the previous title as an alias to the renamed note
- Preserves the backlinks to the renamed note that were using previous title as a display text.
Demo vault
A demo vault with usage examples ships with every release. You can access it via any of the following:
- Running the Smart Rename: Open demo vault command.
- Downloading
smart-rename.demo-vault.zipfrom the Releases. - Browsing its source in
demo-vault/in this repository.
Detailed explanation
Step 1
You have
OldName.md:
This is a note `OldName.md` that is going to be renamed to `NewName.md`.
OtherNote.md:
This note references
1. Wikilink [[OldName]]
2. Wikilink with the same display text [[OldName|OldName]]
3. Wikilink with a custom display text [[OldName|Custom display text]]
4. Markdown link [OldName](OldName.md)
5. Markdown link with a custom display text [Custom display text](OldName.md)
Step 2
You invoke current plugin providing NewName as a new title
Step 3
Now you have
NewName.md:
---
aliases:
- OldName
---
This is a note `OldName.md` that is going to be renamed to `NewName.md`.
OtherNote.md:
This note references
1. Wikilink [[NewName|OldName]]
2. Wikilink with the same display text [[NewName|OldName]]
3. Wikilink with a custom display text [[NewName|Custom display text]]
4. Markdown link [OldName](NewName.md)
5. Markdown link with a custom display text [Custom display text](NewName.md)
Current plugin's aim is to preserve OldName display text in links 1, 2, 4
Installation
The plugin is available in the official Community Plugins repository.
Beta versions
To install the latest beta release of this plugin (regardless if it is available in the official Community Plugins repository or not), follow these steps:
- Ensure you have the BRAT plugin installed and enabled.
- Click Install via BRAT.
- An Obsidian pop-up window should appear. In the window, click the
Add pluginbutton once and wait a few seconds for the plugin to install.
Debugging
By default, debug messages for this plugin are hidden.
To show them, run the following command:
window.DEBUG.enable('smart-rename');
For more details, refer to the documentation.
Support
My other Obsidian resources
See my other Obsidian resources.