Do you want to apply Zettelkasten on your notes, but prefer folder structure? Problem solved

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Summary:

They wouldn’t be one node on the graph, no. The graph displays nodes based on the note filename, excluding the path and extension. Even if n notes have identical names but different folders, there will be n nodes in the graph with identical names, not one node representing all of them.

Situation 1:

Root folder TestFolder, with 2 subfolders Subfolder 1 and Subfolder 2 and each with Note1.md.

Here are some examples:

Example 1, what I’m suggesting:

Index of Test Folder:

[[Test Folder/Subfolder 1/Note1.md|Note1]]
[[Test Folder/Subfolder 2/Note1.md|Note1]]

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Example 2, the current situation in Zoottelkeeper:

Index of Test Folder:

[[Test Folder/Subfolder 1/Note1.md]]
[[Test Folder/Subfolder 2/Note1.md]]

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Example 3, different note display names:

Index of Test Folder:

[[Test Folder/Subfolder 1/Note1.md|foo]]
[[Test Folder/Subfolder 2/Note1.md|bar]]

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As you can see, all 3 graphs are identical, the name of the node in the graph depends only on the filename of the note, excluding the extension and path. So even the current situation in Zoottelkeeper does not prevent this problem.

This is why I never have multiple notes with identical names under different folders. All my notes have different names, but it’s a preference thing. It keeps the graphs cleaner.

Situation 2

Root folders Folder A and Folder B, each with subfolder subfolder and each with note Note1.md

Example 1, what I’m suggesting

Folder A Index

[[Folder A/Subfolder/Note1|Note1]]

Folder B Index

[[Folder B/Subfolder/Note1|Note1]]

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Example 2, the current situation in Zoottelkeeper

Folder A Index

[[Folder A/Subfolder/Note1]]

Folder B Index

[[Folder B/Subfolder/Note1]]

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Example 3, different note display names

Folder A Index

[[Folder A/Subfolder/Note1|foo]]

Folder B Index

[[Folder B/Subfolder/Note1|bar]]

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As you can see, it’s the same as situation 1 above.

Conclusion

It makes perfect sense to display notes in the index as

[[folder/subfolder/noteName.md|noteName]]

since it doesn’t affect the graph view, and the only side effect is making things prettier.

Sorry for the very long comment :smiley:

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