Get the link from normalized link

Developers: Plugin & API
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Obsidian’s Behavior :
When Obsidian encounters a link like [[CLUSTERS/tto-cluster/qqq/tt|tt]], Obsidian simplifies the link to [[tt|tt]] because the full path is unnecessary for resolving the file.

Problem :
The simplified link loses the context of the full path, making it ambiguous if multiple files with the same name exist in different folders.
How to ensure that a normalized link like [[tt|tt]] always refers to the specific file [[CLUSTERS/tto-cluster/qqq/tt|tt]]

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Use this method to fetch the TFile for a specific linkpath (the tt in your example: getFirstLinkpathDest - Developer Documentation

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What is sourcePath parameter ?

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getFirstLinkpathDest(“[[yyy|yyy]]”, “[[yyy|yyy]]”) // null
getFirstLinkpathDest(“[[yyy|yyy]]”, “”) // null
getFirstLinkpathDest(“yyy|yyy”, “”) // null
getFirstLinkpathDest(“yyy”, “”) // null

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Sourcepath is the current folder for example:
getFirstLinkpathDest('tt', 'CLUSTERS/tto-cluster/qq')

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I think it’s a bit inaccurate. I think sourcePath has to include the note file

  • folder1/note1.md
  • folder1/note2.md
  • folder2/note1.md
  • folder2/note2.md
getFirstLinkpathDest('note1.md'); // folder1/note1.md
getFirstLinkpathDest('note1.md', 'folder1'); // folder1/note1.md
getFirstLinkpathDest('note1.md', 'folder2'); // folder1/note1.md
getFirstLinkpathDest('note1.md', 'folder1/note2.md'); // folder1/note1.md

// finally we see the difference
getFirstLinkpathDest('note1.md', 'folder2/note2.md'); // folder2/note1.md
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Answering your original question

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The most likely, you have Shortest path when possible, that’s why your links are being shortened

Change the setting accordingly and your links won’t lose context

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One way to ensure the full path is preserved is by using the full link format whenever possible, like [[CLUSTERS/tto-cluster/qqq/tt|tt]]. You could also try adding unique identifiers or tags to help distinguish files with the same name in different folders. It might be a bit more manual, but it avoids ambiguity.

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