Settings/Hidden file sync

[pwall2222]

Okay, so the behavior of both Hidden file sync and Customization sync is not specified anywhere.

And I was messing around just trying to sync 1 singular file, to then scale to all of the ones I wanted, but this seemed like a real challenge.

Customization sync

Okay so with customization sync, I set it up with this series of steps:

• Check that hidden file sync is disabled
• Set a device name unique to each device
• Enable customization sync
• Enable Scan customization automatically
• Open the Customization sync dialog
• Set all the available options to ignore except for .obsidian/bookmarks.json, which I set to automatic, Overwrite remote

Now I do the exact same setup on another device except I select Overwrite local for that last one option. Now I change the bookmarks, and I try:

• Replicating in both devices (does not sync)
• Open Customization sync dialog, replicate there (does not sync)
• Click all the other buttons from the Customization sync dialog (does not sync)

So after that I just give up

Hidden file sync

Set it up with this steps:

• Check that customization sync is disabled
• Add ^(?!\.obsidian\/bookmarks\.json).*$ as a pattern, so it matches everything but the file I want
• Fetch the hidden files

I do the same on a second device. But now, instead of not working at all, it works 1% of the time. So after setup, I might change it in once device, replicate in both, it does change, but then when I try to modify it again it stops working.

Objectives

Either documentation, or how can I help as a dev myself.