Iphone Obsidian Git Pull Broken, nothing has changed between today and yesterday

[gino_m]

On mobile timeout is an issue. That’s why I opted for git with A-Shell.

[Mobile] Automatic sync with GitHub on iOS (for free) via a-shell

I recently started using Obsidian and didn’t want to pay for Sync or Working Copy, so I thought I’d try to figure out a way to sync my vault everywhere for free. I saw in the comments of this post by rsteele and this post from ForceBru that people were able to get GitHub to sync with their iOS device using the a-shell app, but the way to do it was not really discussed. I hope that this tutorial will be useful for other non-tech-savvy people like myself who would like to get their vault synced ac…

Now I have JB, I no longer use A-Shell, either.

[knoll]

OK so you think using ish just won’t work in the future (maybe the vault just got too large and now push requests just time out?). Or what is the technical reason why it has stopped working?

[gino_m]

The technical reason at Obsidian Git is mentioned at the plugin description.
I never used iSH, so not sure about timeout issues there.
Also, you can try adding some lines to your config that may help with RAM management:

[core]
	repositoryformatversion = 0
	filemode = true
	bare = false
	logallrefupdates = true
[core]
    packedGitLimit = 128m
    packedGitWindowSize = 128m
[pack]
    deltaCacheSize = 128m
    packSizeLimit = 128m
    windowMemory = 128m
[submodule]
	active = .
[remote "origin"]
	url = https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>.git
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
	remote = origin
	merge = refs/heads/master
[lfs]
	repositoryformatversion = 0

• I use master instead of main. You don’t need to worry about that. Just add the lines with core and pack.
  Not sure how much it helps. You need to add these (to at least the config file on your mobile device or maybe even to PC side) after initializing your git, I believe.

I have JB now and calling git status is extremely fast (less than 1 sec). Before on A-Shell it was 30-45 secs.

But, mind you, A-Shell doesn’t have git, only libgit2. On JB, I can use git. So not sure the RAM management would work with libgit2 – must check online docs.

[knoll]

Ended up fixing my issue by just cloning again. Somehow push works again. Don’t think it’s a timeout issue with the specs of the phone because pull and clone work just fine. Your solutions seem interesting but probably apply more to a-shell than ish. Would love to know why push breaks randomly on ish then gets fixed after recloning.

[knoll]

Still facing this issue. Cloning fixes it temporarily. If anyone has any insight let me know.

[gino_m]

I can be anyone…

Try this:

Git plugin does not push automatically

Enabling “Split automatic commit and push” does push the commits. I guess the reason why it does not push without enablilng this must be a plugin failure: [image]

[knoll]

Tried that and still get stuck here:

it seems that it gets stuck at the push and times our. Somehow cloning makes this not happen. Let me know if you understand why gino, didn’t mean to not include you.

Confident git authentication is working because it works after clone and on other devices. Pull and commit working but pushing being broken doesn’t make much sense to me. Not an internet issue either as it works after a fresh clone on same network.

[gino_m]

@knoll

git authentication is working because it works after clone

You can clone and even pull from the remote but you won’t be allowed to push unless your authentification is done – at least on the SSH protocol* (you need private and public keys registered). Cause as I said I almost always used SSH, and while on iPadOS, I was unsuccessful caching in my credentials for HTTPS (in A-Shell; as I was not experienced at this at the time).
BUT: Obsidian Git should do this of itself. And as I said, it does use HTTPS. At least it was before. Not sure anything has changed.

I also recommend reaching out at the Issues page of the plugin and searching for a similar problem first.

* EDIT: Nor will you be allowed on HTTPS, either. If the repo is private, you need to use login and password/token.

[knoll]

Maybe I am not being clear, once I have cloned my phone is then able to push as normal for a bit. So I could not see it being an authentication issue, clearly authentication works briefly, as briefly I can clone, pull and push after I have cloned.

Will post on the issues page, didn’t find any similar issues.

[knoll]

Any other ideas? @gino_m

[gino_m]

Installed Obsidian Git on a smaller vault to see how it goes. Nothing of the sort you are reporting happened here yet.

[knoll]

Let me know if you experience an issue with a larger vault.

[gino_m]

Not going there, I’m afraid.
With the main vault, I use the methods detailed above.

[knoll]

Well I suppose this issue will remain. I’ve posted an issue to the github. If anyone else has any insight please let me know.

[AngelsOfDarkness]

i’ve never been able to get obsidian git to work on iphone.

working copy is 100% worth it. coming from someone who was extremely reluctant to purchase at first.

[gino_m]

@knoll

ish client

New tutorial if you’re interested:

Yet Another Obsidian Git Tutorial (Desktop PC & iPad Sync)

Yet Another Obsidian Git Tutorial (Desktop & iPad Sync) Originally posted on Gist But why? Well, I haven’t seen a single tutorial that covers all the steps I took to achieve a working sync solution. There are immensely helpful ones out there, but I still need to hack some of the bits to make it work for me. As a Git noob, trying to find the said “hacks” from multiple sites and pages was extremely frustrating. I don’t trust my fuzzy brain to remember all that either, so I must take note of eve…

[knoll]

Not sure that’s helpful as everything for me works up until the git push point (which is where it freezes). I assume this is just a problem with the way ish handles pushes.

[knoll]

I’ll look into it. Been very frustrated with ish.

[gino_m]

Then try with A-shell. But memory issues happen there as well.

[Mobile] Automatic sync with GitHub on iOS (for free) via a-shell

I recently started using Obsidian and didn’t want to pay for Sync or Working Copy, so I thought I’d try to figure out a way to sync my vault everywhere for free. I saw in the comments of this post by rsteele and this post from ForceBru that people were able to get GitHub to sync with their iOS device using the a-shell app, but the way to do it was not really discussed. I hope that this tutorial will be useful for other non-tech-savvy people like myself who would like to get their vault synced ac…