Obsidian Git Mobile

This is the mobile version of the obsidian-git plugin. It is the same plugin except of some tweaks to fix the import of node APIs.

Please file bugs or feature requests on the origin repo.

Caution

This plugin is currently in beta.

Restrictions of the mobile version

I am using isomorphic-git, which is a re-implementation of git in JavaScript, because you cannot use native git on Android or iOS.

• SSH authentication is not supported (isomorphic-git issue)
• Repo size is limited, because of memory restrictions
• Rebase merge strategy is not supported
• Submodules are not supported

Installation and clone a repo

1. Create new vault
2. Change config directory in Settings -> About
3. Install Community Plugin BRAT
4. Install Vinzent03/obsidian-git-isomorphic from BRAT
5. If cloning private repo, set password/personal access token and username in Settings -> Obsidian Git Mobile
6. Execute clone repo command
7. Reload plugin

Performance

Setup: iPad Pro M1 with a repo of 3000 files reduced from 10000 markdown files

The only really time consuming part is to check the whole working directory for file changes. So checking all files for changes to stage takes 03:40 min. Other commands like pull, push and commit are very fast (1-5 seconds). So the best way is to stage individual directories in which you have worked and commit only staged files after it. The initial clone took 00:25 min.

If you find this plugin useful and would like to support its development, you can support me on Ko-fi.