If there are several files with the same name (e.g. both called apple.jpg) separated at different folders, and if we embed some of them into our notes (i.e. .md files), then the linking mechanism is rather problematic and have a bug.
For example, if we delete any of such apple.jpg s in the file explorer in Obsidian, the alert message window may sometimes give a wrong number of the current files that link to it; if we delete any of such apple.jpg, then all the notes having embedded whichever apple.jpg will still be displayable. Such behavior is incorrect. After experiment, it seems that only when the “last” apple.jpg is being deleted, then all of the md files will begin fail to display the image.
Steps to reproduce
1.Prepared apple.jpg in, say C:\ (outside your Obsidian working directory, say D:\)
2.Launch Obsidian and drag and drop C:\apple.jpg into a new note named Note1. Now a clone version of apple.jpg should occur in the working directory.
3. Create a new folder named fruit in the file explorer of Obsidian, and move apple.jpg (which is in the working directory) into it by drag and drog. There will be a warning message box, click “update link” as usual.
4.Now repeat step 2, namely create another new note named Note2, and drag-and-drop C:\apple.jpg into the note.
5. Now delete the new apple.jpg (NOT fruit/apple.jpg) by the file explorer in Obsidain.
Expected result
Note2 can no longer see the image.
Actual result
In Note2, we still can see the image being displayed (which is not reasonable).
Now delete fruit/apple.jpg by the file explorer of Obsidian, an alert message box say there are two notes refer to it (which the number is incorrect); and only after removing this, Note2 then start to fail to display the image.
Things will become even stranger if you prepared actually an orange picture (but still named C:\apple.jpg) in steps 4. Try it!
Further comment: if we repeat step 3 and 4 again, moving the latest apple.jpg to a new folder food, and creating the third new note named Note3 and drag-and-drop C:\apple.jpg into it again. Then when we delete some apple.jpg by the file explorer in Obsidian, sometimes the number of notes refer to the the picture alerted by Obsidian will be wrong.
Environment
- Operating system: Windows
- Obsidian version: 0.12.15