Commands

OVM automatically detects Obsidian vaults for related commands and by using the -p flag with a path or a Glob pattern specify custom vaults (e.g., ~/Documents/obsidian/*). The content used in the examples below is for illustrative purposes only. e.g. In the output sections, the vaults are stored in ~/Documents/ directory.

All of the commands have a common set of options:

  -c, --config=<value>  [default: ~/ovm.json] Path to the config file.
  -d, --debug           Enable debugging mode.
  -t, --timestamp       Enable timestamp in logs.

ovm config init

Aliases: ovm ci

Configure an ovm.json config file in user's home directory.

• Usage: ovm help config init

• See code: src/commands/config/init.ts

Output

$ ovm config init
info: Config file created {"path":"~/ovm.json"}

$ cat ~/ovm.json
{
  "plugins": []
}

ovm plugins install

Aliases: ovm pi

Install plugin(s) in specified vaults.

• Usage: ovm help plugins install

• See code: src/commands/plugins/install.ts

Output

$ ovm plugins install
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"colored-tags","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"copilot","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"dataview","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"colored-tags","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"copilot","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"dataview","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"colored-tags","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"copilot","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}
info: Installed plugin {"plugin":{"id":"dataview","version":"latest"},"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}
info: Installed 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}

ovm plugins prune

Aliases: ovm pp

Prune existing plugin(s) from vaults that are unspecified in the config file.

• Usage: ovm help plugins prune

• See code: src/commands/plugins/prune.ts

Output

$ ovm plugins prune
? Select the vaults: Test
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"obsidian-tasks-plugin","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Test"}
info: Pruned 1 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Test","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Test"}}

ovm plugins uninstall

Aliases: ovm pu

Uninstall plugin(s) from vaults.

• Usage: ovm help plugins uninstall

• See code: src/commands/plugins/uninstall.ts

Output

$ ovm plugins uninstall
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
? Select the plugins: colored-tags, copilot, dataview
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"colored-tags","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"copilot","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"dataview","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}
info: Uninstalled 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"colored-tags","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"copilot","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"dataview","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}
info: Uninstalled 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Financial","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Financial"}}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"colored-tags","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"copilot","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}
info: Removed plugin {"pluginId":"dataview","vaultPath":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}
info: Uninstalled 3 plugins {"vault":{"name":"Goals","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Goals"}}

ovm plugins sync

Aliases: ovm ps / ovm plugins sync

Sync plugin configuration files (data.json) defined in ovm.json (sync) across vaults.

• Usage: ovm help plugins sync

• See code: src/commands/plugins/sync.ts

Options:

• --overwrite: Overwrite existing destination files (default: true)

• --backup: Create a .bak backup if destination exists (default: true)

• --only-installed: Skip vaults where plugin is not installed (default: true)

• --plugin-id: Sync only specific plugin (if not specified, sync all plugins)

• --merge-strategy: Strategy for merging configs - replace, merge, smart (default: replace)

Output

$ ovm plugins sync --path=/path/to/vaults/**/.obsidian
? Select the vaults: Career, Work, Personal
info: Syncing plugin configs on selected vaults... {"vaults":3,"pluginId":"all plugins"}
info: Merged ./configs/dataview-settings.json into ~/Documents/obsidian/Career/.obsidian/plugins/dataview/data.json using strategy: replace
info: Merged ./configs/calendar-settings.json into ~/Documents/obsidian/Career/.obsidian/plugins/calendar/data.json using strategy: replace
info: Skipped dataview config, plugin not installed in ~/Documents/obsidian/Work
info: Plugin config sync finished!

Examples:

• Sync all plugin configurations: ovm plugins sync

• Sync specific plugin: ovm plugins sync --plugin-id=dataview --no-backup

• Use smart merge strategy: ovm plugins sync --merge-strategy=smart

ovm reports stats

Aliases: ovm rs

Statistics of vaults and installed plugins.

• Usage: ovm help reports stats

• See code: src/commands/reports/stats.ts

Output: Table (default) / JSON

$ ovm reports stats
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
┌──────────────┬────────┐
│ (index)      │ Values │
├──────────────┼────────┤
│ totalVaults  │ 3      │
│ totalPlugins │ 3      │
└──────────────┴────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────┐
│ (index)                                          │ 0           │ 1           │ 2       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼─────────┤
│ colored-tags@5.0.0 (118.78 kB)                   │ 'Career'    │ 'Financial' │ 'Goals' │
│ copilot@2.5.2 (4.02 MB)                          │ 'Career'    │             │         │
│ dataview@0.5.67 (2.38 MB)                        │ 'Career'    │ 'Financial' │         │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┘

ovm vaults run

Aliases: ovm vr / ovm vaults run

Run a shell command on selected vaults (using Node.js child_process).

Disclaimer: Any input containing shell metacharacters may be used to trigger arbitrary command execution, using of this command is at risk of command's caller.

• Usage: ovm help vaults run

• See code: src/commands/vaults/run.ts

Output: Table (default) / JSON

$ ovm vaults run -s "tar -cf '{0}.tar' '{0}'" -o=json
? Select the vaults: Career, Financial, Goals
info: Run command {"command":"tar -cf '~/Documents/obsidian/Career.tar' '~/Documents/obsidian/Career'","vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}

info: Run operation finished! {"custom_commands_log_path":"/var/folders/_v/j4w6kv1s27b6xjfzvl5k6lqm0000gn/T/ovm-custom-command.json"}
{
  "Career": {
    "success": true,
    "duration": "2 seconds",
    "error": null
  },
  "Financial": {
    "success": true,
    "duration": "1 second",
    "error": null
  },
  "Goals": {
    "success": true,
    "duration": "1 second",
    "error": null
  }
}

$ ovm r "echo 'Path: {0}'"
info: Run command {"command":"echo 'Path: ~/Documents/obsidian/Career'","vault":{"name":"Career","path":"~/Documents/obsidian/Career"}}

info: Run operation finished! {"custom_commands_log_path":"/var/folders/_v/j4w6kv1s27b6xjfzvl5k6lqm0000gn/T/ovm-custom-command.json"}

┌─────────┬─────────┬──────────┬───────┬─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ (index) │ success │ duration │ error │ stdout                                 │
├─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼───────┼─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Career  │ true    │ '10 ms'  │ null  │ 'Path: ~/Documents/obsidian/Career'    │
└─────────┴─────────┴──────────┴───────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Reserved placeholders

A custom command can be executed on vault(s) by using reserved placeholders as string value within the shell command. The placeholders are replaced with the actual values during the execution.

List of placeholders:

• {0}: Vault path

• {1}: Vault name

Examples:

• Echo vault(s) path

  • ovm vaults run "echo 'Path: {0}'"

• Echo vault(s) path and name

  • ovm vaults run "echo 'Path: {0}, Name: {1}'"

• Echo vault(s) name and silent the command's result

  • ovm vaults run -s "echo 'Path: {0}'"

• Create an archive of vault(s) by tar command

  • ovm vaults run "tar -cf '{0}.tar' '{0}'"

• Encrypt vault(s) directory by gpg command [algo: AES256, passphrase password]

  • ovm vaults run "tar -cf '{0}.tar' '{0}' && gpg --batch --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 --passphrase 'password' '{0}.tar'"

• Decrypt the archive of vault(s) by gpg command [passphrase: password]

  • ovm vaults run "gpg -q --batch --decrypt --passphrase 'password' -o '{0}.tar' '{0}.tar.gpg'"

ovm vaults sync

Aliases: ovm vs

Sync core and custom vault configuration files defined in ovm.json (sync) across vaults.

• Usage: ovm help vaults sync

• See code: src/commands/vaults/sync.ts

Options:

• --overwrite: Overwrite existing destination files (default: true)

• --backup: Create a .bak backup if destination exists (default: true)

• --merge-strategy: Strategy for merging configs - replace, merge, smart (default: replace)

Output

$ ovm vaults sync --path=/path/to/vaults/**/.obsidian
? Select the vaults: Career, Work, Personal
info: Syncing core vault configs on selected vaults... {"vaults":3}
info: Copied ./configs/appearance.json to ~/Documents/obsidian/Goals/.obsidian/appearance.json
info: Copied ./configs/app.json to ~/Documents/obsidian/Notes/.obsidian/app.json
info: Merged ./configs/workspace.json into ~/Documents/obsidian/Career/.obsidian/workspace.json using strategy: replace
info: Vault core config sync finished!

Examples:

• Sync all core configurations: ovm vaults sync

• No backup: ovm vaults sync --no-backup

• Use smart merge strategy: ovm vaults sync --merge-strategy=smart