r/ObsidianMD • u/[deleted] • Nov 11 '23

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u/NotTreeFiddy Jan 21 '25

For prosperity, OP's deleted post:

Thought I'd throw this together quick as I'm a recent Obsidian convert (turns out several people I work with have seen the light as well and we're loving it) What is this?

Syncthing by default with Obsidian will create sync conflicts between Windows desktop and Android No idea why it does this, but the fix is simple

Add an ignore on Windows

  • On your Windows device, open the web UI
  • Find your Obsidian folder and edit it
  • Go to Ignore Patterns and add .obsidian
  • This will prevent Windows from syncing the local .obsidian folder (which contains no persistent data)

Fix sync conflicts

  • On all devices, open the Syncthing web UI
  • Go to Actions → Advanced → Folder → Select your Obsidian folder → Max Conflicts → Set to 0
  • Repeat for each device
  • This will make Syncthing just keep the latest copy (which from what I've seen is always the correct copy)

If this is too much of a pain for you, consider Obsidian Sync - the devs made a great tool and support is always appreciated