Frontmatter of template is not merged with existing frontmatter #714
Description
🐛 Describe the bug
Create a note with frontmatter and then use :ObsidianTemplate to insert a template with frontmatter
For reference:
A note with frontmatter
What Happens: Template is inserted at the location of cursor along with its frontmatter as a simple text
What should happen: frontmatter from template should be merged with frontmatter of the buffer
Config
return {
-- Git URL
"epwalsh/obsidian.nvim",
version = "*",
lazy = false,
ft = "markdown",
dependencies = {
"nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
},
config = function()
vim.o.conceallevel = 2 -- set conceal level for obsidian plugin
require("obsidian").setup({
workspaces = {
{
name = "Ibrahim's Vault",
path = os.getenv("OBSIDIAN_VAULT_DIR"),
},
},
notes_subdir = "00_inbox",
new_notes_location = "notes_subdir",
disable_frontmatter = false,
templates = {
subdir = "templates",
date_format = "%Y-%m-%d",
time_format = "%H:%M:%S",
},
-- name new notes starting the ISO datetime and ending with note name
-- put them in the inbox subdir
-- note_id_func = function(title)
-- local suffix = ""
-- -- get current ISO datetime with -5 hour offset from UTC for EST
-- local current_datetime = os.date("!%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S", os.time() - 5*3600)
-- if title ~= nil then
-- suffix = title:gsub(" ", "-"):gsub("[^A-Za-z0-9-]", ""):lower()
-- else
-- for _ = 1, 4 do
-- suffix = suffix .. string.char(math.random(65, 90))
-- end
-- end
-- return current_datetime .. "_" .. suffix
-- end,
-- key mappings, below are the defaults
mappings = {
-- overrides the 'gf' mapping to work on markdown/wiki links within your vault
["gf"] = {
action = function()
return require("obsidian").util.gf_passthrough()
end,
opts = { noremap = false, expr = true, buffer = true },
},
-- Smart action depending on context, either follow link or toggle checkbox.
["<cr>"] = {
action = function()
return require("obsidian").util.smart_action()
end,
opts = { buffer = true, expr = true },
},
},
completion = {
nvim_cmp = true,
min_chars = 2,
},
picker = {
-- Set your preferred picker. Can be one of 'telescope.nvim', 'fzf-lua', or 'mini.pick'.
name = "telescope.nvim",
-- Optional, configure key mappings for the picker. These are the defaults.
-- Not all pickers support all mappings.
note_mappings = {
-- Create a new note from your query.
new = "<C-x>",
-- Insert a link to the selected note.
insert_link = "<C-l>",
},
tag_mappings = {
-- Add tag(s) to current note.
tag_note = "<C-x>",
-- Insert a tag at the current location.
insert_tag = "<C-l>",
},
},
-- Optional, configure additional syntax highlighting / extmarks.
-- This requires you have `conceallevel` set to 1 or 2. See `:help conceallevel` for more details.
ui = {
enable = true, -- set to false to disable all additional syntax features
update_debounce = 200, -- update delay after a text change (in milliseconds)
max_file_length = 5000, -- disable UI features for files with more than this many lines
-- Define how various check-boxes are displayed
checkboxes = {
-- NOTE: the 'char' value has to be a single character, and the highlight groups are defined below.
[" "] = { char = "", hl_group = "ObsidianTodo" },
["x"] = { char = "", hl_group = "ObsidianDone" },
[">"] = { char = "", hl_group = "ObsidianRightArrow" },
["~"] = { char = "", hl_group = "ObsidianTilde" },
["!"] = { char = "", hl_group = "ObsidianImportant" },
-- Replace the above with this if you don't have a patched font:
-- [" "] = { char = "☐", hl_group = "ObsidianTodo" },
-- ["x"] = { char = "✔", hl_group = "ObsidianDone" },
-- You can also add more custom ones...
},
-- Use bullet marks for non-checkbox lists.
bullets = { char = "•", hl_group = "ObsidianBullet" },
external_link_icon = { char = "", hl_group = "ObsidianExtLinkIcon" },
-- Replace the above with this if you don't have a patched font:
-- external_link_icon = { char = "", hl_group = "ObsidianExtLinkIcon" },
reference_text = { hl_group = "ObsidianRefText" },
highlight_text = { hl_group = "ObsidianHighlightText" },
tags = { hl_group = "ObsidianTag" },
block_ids = { hl_group = "ObsidianBlockID" },
hl_groups = {
-- The options are passed directly to `vim.api.nvim_set_hl()`. See `:help nvim_set_hl`.
ObsidianTodo = { bold = true, fg = "#f78c6c" },
ObsidianDone = { bold = true, fg = "#89ddff" },
ObsidianRightArrow = { bold = true, fg = "#f78c6c" },
ObsidianTilde = { bold = true, fg = "#ff5370" },
ObsidianImportant = { bold = true, fg = "#d73128" },
ObsidianBullet = { bold = true, fg = "#89ddff" },
ObsidianRefText = { underline = true, fg = "#c792ea" },
ObsidianExtLinkIcon = { fg = "#c792ea" },
ObsidianTag = { italic = true, fg = "#89ddff" },
ObsidianBlockID = { italic = true, fg = "#89ddff" },
ObsidianHighlightText = { bg = "#75662e" },
},
},
daily_notes = {
-- Optional, if you keep daily notes in a separate directory.
folder = "dailies",
-- Optional, if you want to change the date format for the ID of daily notes.
date_format = "%Y-%m-%d",
-- Optional, if you want to change the date format of the default alias of daily notes.
alias_format = "%B %-d, %Y",
-- Optional, default tags to add to each new daily note created.
default_tags = { "daily-notes" },
-- Optional, if you want to automatically insert a template from your template directory like 'daily.md'
template = "daily.md",
},
-- Specify how to handle attachments.
attachments = {
-- The default folder to place images in via `:ObsidianPasteImg`.
-- If this is a relative path it will be interpreted as relative to the vault root.
-- You can always override this per image by passing a full path to the command instead of just a filename.
img_folder = "assets/imgs", -- This is the default
-- Optional, customize the default name or prefix when pasting images via `:ObsidianPasteImg`.
---@return string
img_name_func = function()
-- Prefix image names with timestamp.
return string.format("%s-", os.time())
end,
-- A function that determines the text to insert in the note when pasting an image.
-- It takes two arguments, the `obsidian.Client` and an `obsidian.Path` to the image file.
-- This is the default implementation.
---@param client obsidian.Client
---@param path obsidian.Path the absolute path to the image file
---@return string
img_text_func = function(client, path)
path = client:vault_relative_path(path) or path
return string.format("", path.name, path)
end,
},
-- Optional, customize how note IDs are generated given an optional title.
---@param title string|?
---@return string
note_id_func = function(title)
-- Create note IDs in a Zettelkasten format with a timestamp and a suffix.
-- In this case a note with the title 'My new note' will be given an ID that looks
-- like '1657296016-my-new-note', and therefore the file name '1657296016-my-new-note.md'
local suffix = ""
if title ~= nil then
-- If title is given, transform it into valid file name.
suffix = title:gsub(" ", "-"):gsub("[^A-Za-z0-9-]", ""):lower()
else
-- If title is nil, just add 4 random uppercase letters to the suffix.
for _ = 1, 4 do
suffix = suffix .. string.char(math.random(65, 90))
end
end
return tostring(os.time()) .. "-" .. suffix
end,
})
end,
}
Environment
$ nvim --version
NVIM v0.10.1
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1713484068
Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info
$ nvim --headless -c 'lua require("obsidian").info()' -c q
Obsidian.nvim v3.9.0 (unknown commit)
Status:
• buffer directory: nil
• working directory: /mnt/c/Users/ibrah/Obsidian/vault/00_inbox
Workspaces:
✓ active workspace: Workspace(name='Ibrahim's Vault', path='/mnt/c/Users/ibrah/Obsidian/vault', root='/mnt/c/Users/ibrah/Obsidian/vault')
Dependencies:
✓ plenary.nvim: ec289423a1693aeae6cd0d503bac2856af74edaa
✓ nvim-cmp: ae644feb7b67bf1ce4260c231d1d4300b19c6f30
✓ telescope.nvim: a0bbec21143c7bc5f8bb02e0005fa0b982edc026
Integrations:
✓ picker: TelescopePicker()
✓ completion: enabled (nvim-cmp) ✗ refs, ✗ tags, ✗ new
all sources:
• nvim_lsp
• luasnip
• buffer
• path
• neorg
Tools:
✓ rg: ripgrep 14.1.1
Environment:
• operating system: Wsl
Config:
• notes_subdir: 00_inbox