diff --git a/vault_sync_daemon.py b/vault_sync_daemon.py
index 995d902..73f5bac 100644
--- a/vault_sync_daemon.py
+++ b/vault_sync_daemon.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ FORWARD (/vault -> /data):
REVERSE (/data -> /vault):
- a new folder appears in /data whose basename matches the `SYS.AC.ID `
Johnny Decimal pattern, with NO /vault counterpart yet (e.g. dropped in
- over SMB) -> auto-create a minimal /vault stub folder + folder-note,
- tagged "needs review", AND append a `#fix-me` line to the nearest `.01`
- Inbox note in /vault (category-level first, then area/system, falling
- back to the top-level System inbox).
+ over SMB) -> auto-create a minimal /vault stub folder + folder-note
+ with just `aliases: [
]` frontmatter (no
+ "needs review" banner, no inbox #fix-me flagging — confirmed with
+ Ryan 2026-09-22: keep it quiet, just the empty note + alias).
- Folders inside any `.09`-pattern archive folder are never auto-stubbed
(archives are meant to hold retired stuff, not grow new tracked IDs) —
this also breaks the feedback loop from the forward-delete archive move.
@@ -92,7 +92,17 @@ ID_RE = vl.ID_RE
CAT_RE = vl.CAT_RE
ARCHIVE_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^([RJFI])\.(\d\d)\.09 ') # e.g. "F.25.09 Archive"
ARCHIVE_CAT_RE = re.compile(r'^([RJFI])\.(\d\d) ') # category folder, to find/create .09 inside
-INBOX_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^([RJFI])\.(\d\d)\.01 ')
+
+# Obsidian's "New folder" action does `mkdir Untitled` (or "Untitled 1", "2",
+# etc. if that name's taken) the INSTANT you click it, before you've typed a
+# real name -- it is never a real OS rename() afterward, just a second
+# mkdir-with-real-name once you hit enter (confirmed with Ryan 2026-09-22).
+# The "Untitled" placeholder is always transient and must never be mirrored
+# to /data: doing so left permanent orphan junk there (the real delete event
+# for "Untitled" gets silently dropped by handle_vault_deleted, which only
+# tracks ID-shaped names) and produced two separate "create" ntfy pings
+# instead of the one the user actually cares about.
+UNTITLED_RE = re.compile(r'^Untitled(\s\d+)?$')
# Journal entries: /vault/R Ryan/.../R.16.11 My journal & notes by day/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.md
# gets an auto-injected `title: MMM D, YYYY` frontmatter property (matches the
@@ -210,6 +220,12 @@ def handle_vault_created(path):
rel = os.path.relpath(path, VAULT)
if rel.split(os.sep)[0] == vl.SYSTEM_META:
return # "0 System area" never mirrors to /data, by design
+ if UNTITLED_RE.match(os.path.basename(path)):
+ # Obsidian's transient "New folder" placeholder -- never mirror it.
+ # The real create (with the name Ryan actually typed) fires as its
+ # own separate event moments later and mirrors normally, so skipping
+ # this one is enough: no orphan junk in /data, no duplicate ntfy.
+ return
data_path = os.path.join(DATA, rel)
if os.path.isdir(data_path):
return # already mirrored (duplicate event or pre-existing)
@@ -234,7 +250,25 @@ def handle_vault_moved(src_path, dest_path):
data_src = os.path.join(DATA, rel_src)
data_dest = os.path.join(DATA, rel_dest)
if not os.path.isdir(data_src):
- return # nothing to mirror
+ # No /data counterpart to rename -- most commonly because the
+ # source was an "Untitled" placeholder we deliberately never
+ # mirrored (see UNTITLED_RE). Don't just drop this silently: the
+ # folder (now under its real name) still needs to exist in /data,
+ # so fall through to a normal create-mirror at the destination.
+ if os.path.exists(data_dest):
+ return # already mirrored somehow, nothing to do
+ parent = os.path.dirname(data_dest)
+ if not os.path.isdir(parent):
+ log(f"SKIP move-as-create mirror (parent missing in /data): {rel_dest}")
+ return
+ os.makedirs(data_dest, exist_ok=True)
+ log(f"MIRRORED create /data (from untitled-rename): {rel_dest}")
+ ntfy_post(
+ "Vault sync: new folder",
+ f"Created in /vault, mirrored to /data: {rel_dest}",
+ tags="sparkles",
+ )
+ return
if os.path.exists(data_dest):
log(f"SKIP move mirror (dest exists): {rel_src} -> {rel_dest}")
return
@@ -417,43 +451,10 @@ def handle_vault_deleted(path):
# REVERSE: /data -> /vault
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-def _find_nearest_inbox_note(rel_path):
- """
- Inbox destination is ALWAYS the immediate owning category of the new
- /data folder (same rule as archives: create the missing '.01 Inbox'
- right there if it doesn't exist yet, never borrow one from a higher
- ancestor).
- """
- parts = rel_path.split(os.sep)
- if len(parts) < 2:
- return None
- cat_rel = os.sep.join(parts[:-1])
- cat_vault = os.path.join(VAULT, cat_rel)
- cat_data = os.path.join(DATA, cat_rel)
- catname = os.path.basename(cat_vault)
- m = CAT_RE.match(catname)
- if not m or not os.path.isdir(cat_vault):
- return None
- sysletter, catnum = m.group(1), m.group(2)
- for name in sorted(os.listdir(cat_vault)):
- if INBOX_ID_RE.match(name):
- note = os.path.join(cat_vault, name, name + ".md")
- if os.path.exists(note):
- return note
- # missing — create it in THIS category, not a higher one
- inbox_name = f"{sysletter}.{catnum}.01 Inbox for {_category_title(catname)}"
- vpath = os.path.join(cat_vault, inbox_name)
- note = os.path.join(vpath, inbox_name + ".md")
- os.makedirs(vpath, exist_ok=True)
- with open(note, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
- f.write(f"# {inbox_name}\n\n"
- f"Auto-created by vault_sync_daemon on "
- f"{datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')} "
- f"to flag an unrecognized /data folder in this category.\n")
- log(f"CREATED category inbox slot: {os.path.relpath(vpath, VAULT)}")
- dpath = os.path.join(cat_data, inbox_name)
- os.makedirs(dpath, exist_ok=True)
- return note
+def _id_title(idname):
+ """'R.32.20 Recreational drugs' -> 'Recreational drugs' (ID stripped)."""
+ m = ID_RE.match(idname)
+ return idname[m.end():].strip() if m else idname
def handle_data_created(path):
@@ -480,27 +481,15 @@ def handle_data_created(path):
return
note = os.path.join(vault_path, base + ".md")
os.makedirs(vault_path, exist_ok=True)
- ts = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(timespec="seconds")
+ alias = _id_title(base)
with open(note, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
- f.write(f"# {base}\n\n"
- f"> [!warning] Needs review\n"
- f"> Auto-created by vault_sync_daemon on {ts} because a matching "
- f"folder appeared in `/data` with no `/vault` note yet.\n")
+ f.write(f"---\naliases:\n - {alias}\n---\n")
log(f"STUBBED /vault note for new /data folder: {rel}")
- commit_paths = [note]
- inbox = _find_nearest_inbox_note(rel)
- if inbox:
- with open(inbox, "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
- f.write(f"\n- #fix-me New `/data` folder detected with no vault note: "
- f"[[{base}]] (auto-stub created {ts})\n")
- log(f"FLAGGED in inbox: {os.path.relpath(inbox, VAULT)}")
- commit_paths.append(inbox)
- _git_commit(f"vault_sync_daemon: stubbed {base}", commit_paths)
+ _git_commit(f"vault_sync_daemon: stubbed {base}", [note])
ntfy_post(
- "Vault sync: needs review",
- f"New /data folder with no vault note: {rel}\nStub created, flagged in nearest inbox.",
- tags="package,warning",
- priority="high",
+ "Vault sync: new note",
+ f"New /data folder with no vault note: {rel}\nAuto-created stub with alias \"{alias}\".",
+ tags="package,sparkles",
)