Note Composer: Add Source Filename as Property Alias in Target File When Merged to Target File

[Skirdes]

Use case or problem

When a file A is merged to a file B the content of A can’t be found anymore by searching for A.

In my case I use Obsidian as a note-taking app where every file is a single atomic concept (e.g. Mathematical Set.md, Protein.md, Force.md, …). Now if I come to the conclusion that Feeling.md and Emotion.md basically are the same concepts (though more differentiation always leads to better understanding) I merge Feeling.md into Emotion.md. Now it would be nice if I still could find Emotion.md by looking for Feeling.md via Quick Switcher (Ctrl+O).

Proposed solution

When A is merged into B then an alias A should be added to the merged file B.

Current workaround

Add the alias manually.

[WhiteNoise]

Related FR about adding the alias in the wikilink (not the property / YAML)

Note composer: When merging files, use source note name in the alias part of the updated wikilink

Hello Example: When I merge an existing file called “Bicycle” into another existing file called “Bicycles” (Which contains “Bicycle” as an Alias name in the Metadata), I would find it convenient if all existing links in other files, that were before referring to the file “Bicycle” would then lead to the Alias name in the new File called Bicycles|Bicycle, in render view or live preview shown as “Bicycle”. As now the old links would carry the name of the ne…

[quietbyday]

I had what I think is the same issue, and made a custom Merge as Alias plugin to address it. It’s been working for me. I’ll try to submit it to the Obsidian marketplace. I posted about it here, feel free to check it out. Plugin: Merge as Alias - Merge notes preserving source note as alias and optionally merging YAML frontmatter - Share & showcase - Obsidian Forum