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farling42 / obsidian-import-json

Plug-in for Obsidian.md which will create Notes from JSON files
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Can the importer import new notes while keeping old notes untouched? #21

Closed seed78 closed 2 years ago

seed78 commented 2 years ago

I intend to use this JSON/CSV Importer to import the JSON file in the "Better CSL JSON" format that is exported from a Zotero library with the "Better BibTex" plugin. My Zotero library will expend gradually. This means the JSON file will contain both old and new references. I have experimented this JSON/CSV Importer and found it will overwrite the old note with the same name. Is there a way to use this Importer to import only the new contents in a growing JSON file with new reference feeds? Or, is there a way to bypass the over-writing of the existing notes? Thanks for considering this request or enhancement!

farling42 commented 2 years ago

There was a thought this morning about whether the module should have an option to NOT overwrite already existing notes.

If this was implemented, it would completely ignore elements in the JSON/CSV file which have already been imported, regardless of any changes that might have occurred in those particular entries. (Tracking changes to existing entries would be far more complicated.)

farling42 commented 2 years ago

An option to disable overwriting existing notes has been added to 0.21.0