Sync

Fresh

Pause and resume Obsidian Sync, show status, list and restore Sync version history. To run Sync without the desktop app, see Headless Sync.

Commands for Obsidian Sync.

Sync without the desktop app

These commands control Sync within the running Obsidian app. To sync vaults from the command line without the desktop app, see Headless Sync.

Pause or resume sync.

bash

on                 # resume sync
off                # pause sync

Show sync status and usage.

List sync version history for a file (default: active file).

bash

file=<name>        # file name
path=<path>        # file path

total              # return version count

Read a sync version (default: active file).

bash

file=<name>        # file name
path=<path>        # file path
version=<n>        # (required) version number

Restore a sync version (default: active file).

bash

file=<name>        # file name
path=<path>        # file path
version=<n>        # (required) version number

Open sync history (default: active file).

bash

file=<name>        # file name
path=<path>        # file path

List deleted files in sync.

bash

total              # return deleted file count

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