Fix accidentally trying to find TODOs in non-Markdown files

[tcg]

Howdy!

I stumbled on what seemed like a bug the other day, and I think I've found the right solution.

Problem TL;DR

When a .png file is "yesterday" (as in the case of 2022-05-31 Tuesday.md), there are no todos.

I expected to receive the TODOs from 2022-05-30.md. Instead, the plugin attempts to read from Pasted image 20220531134013.png. (Shown in screenshots below).

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I was running the command the rollover TODOs, and getting zero TODOs. After peeking at the developer console, and checking out which file was being chosen as "yesterday" (sorted[1]) was an image file.

This is because I have Obisidian set to store pasted/attached assets next to the note file, instead of in a dedicated assets directory. (One of the default available options).

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For example, here's some debug code I added:

... And the result from the developer console:

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And the later code that filters with the moment library is very forgiving, and does nothing to filter out those binary PNG files.

Solution

To resolve this, I found that the Obsidian API for vault has a method called getMarkdownFiles. It returns only the Markdown note files from the vault.

When using that method to retrieve files, I see the expected sorted result set, and therefore sorted[1] is guaranteed to be a Markdown file. I receive the expected TODOs, in the expected order. 🎉