Add option to add globally unique ID property

[yuvallanger]

This would enable easier merging, even when the merging is manual.

[yuvallanger]

BTW, there are already existing methods used in the emacs ecosystem, like with the org-id.el package.

[namdnguyen]

Related to this would be opening links to entries by their hash ID property or CUSTOM_ID property.

[keithcrone]

Related to this would be opening links to entries by their hash ID property or CUSTOM_ID property.

You can already do this, but it only opens to a single note without any other context. So unless everything you may be looking for is in that single entry, it isn't very practical.

[namdnguyen]

Hmm doesn't seem to work for me. Does it work across notebooks?

[keithcrone]

Hmm doesn't seem to work for me. Does it work across notebooks?

Yes You should be able to use: [[file:Inbox.org]] will open another notebook [[id:someUUID]] with ID property set in a note [[#someID]] if note has property set to CUSTOM_ID:someID

More info here

[namdnguyen]

Thank you for the link to the documentation. It's helpful. My use case is linking to a file with a specific ID. I realized that my org files are not located at the main storage directory root. I store my org files on a subdirectory so I can sync those files with another app, Dropsync. I don't think symlinking is allowed without root either. Seems like I might be out of luck for linking by ID to another file unless I move my files.

[maikol-solis]

Using my org-roam repo with orgzly I discovered that I can't follow my links if they have the format

[[id:20201122073707][My note]]

Where the file that I try have this header

:PROPERTIES:
:ID: 20201122073707
:END:
#+TITLE: My note 

[iamkarlson]

It would be nice to bump this issue as with increased popularity of org-roam this issue becoming more noticeable