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Ghost entries and broken links?

I'm getting a number of pages rendered on my site, the files for which were deleted from my folder (sync via Git), not only it causes the removed content to appear on my website and get indexed but it also creates a cascade of broken links as aa existing a-file.md render as a-page-name-2. Looks like it's an ongoing trouble and I want to learn how to fix it

Could have something to do with git, as I noticed that many times when I move a file from subfolder to subfolder my git client shows it as deleted and created anew. I also noticed that if I commit several linked files at once - the wiki-links between them (and the backlinks) are likely not to render correctly and I need to put a line break or edit something to refresh the pages and correct the links


6 months ago, 2 replies   bug   git   Edit question

Looks like I fixed this one, the summary:

  • Used git to sync for about a year, obsidian on my end of the folder;
  • Suspect there was a sync incident where deleted / renamed text files were left on the blot side of folder, about 50 of them.

Some things I tried which did not work:

  • Tried using 'Reset folder' function
  • Tried deleting all the files from my end of the folder didn't help - the dublicates remained on the Blot side of the folder and syncing/pulling git wouldn't show any changes; yet, I'm not an expert on git;

In the end I:

  1. Switched from git to dropbox
  2. Delete all the files from the dropbox side, make sure that blot folder is empty
  3. Return files to my end of the folder and recreate remote (Blot) git, sync it

Learning that many of my wiki-links are broken, which I get with using Blot a lot but unsure if it has to do with sync method or with how Blot works, "reset folder" function fixes the links, but I obviously can't sure that is true for all my 400+ entries

Answered 7 months ago · Edit answer

Sorry about this, and sorry for the delay. I will follow up over email. This is obviously a bug with the git client, which I want to fix. My suspicions are:

  • possibly some bug triggered by a single file was blocking the whole git sync process
  • possibly some issue with the branch to which you were pushing? Blot uses the master branch but some git clients might use main these days But we'll see, again sorry!
Answered 6 months ago · Edit answer