Vault Version Control 0.1.49

Vault Version Control 0.1.49

This release updates the public installation package from 0.1.42 to 0.1.49, including improved Ignore from Git workflows, safer historical restore behavior, and clearer comparisons.

Changes

• Ignore files and folders: Ignore individual or selected files/folders, including already tracked items, without deleting their local content. Repeated Ignore operations do not require intermediate commits.
• Precise staging and Undo: Only new ignore rules and selected tracked-file removals are staged. Existing unrelated .gitignore edits remain untouched. The latest pending Ignore can be safely undone, with a compact non-intrusive Undo notice.
• Historical restore safety: Use this version never treats a commit without a file Blob as an instruction to delete a local file.
• File History: Distinguish Git removal events from actual committed file versions. A Git removal event has a separate, read-only View Git change action.
• Compare: Compare an existing, saved Current local file (including ignored/untracked files) with historical versions containing actual file content. Removal events cannot masquerade as empty file versions. Show the current file and its latest matching removal event as one compact item in Compare mode.
• File status: Stopped-tracking files that remain on disk are clearly differentiated from physical deletions.

Safety and compatibility

• Existing committed content remains in Git history when ignored. Local files are preserved by Ignore from Git.
• Compares use the bytes saved on disk, excluding unsaved editor text.
• Git history is not cloud backup or automatic sync. Maintain independent backups and start with a test vault.
• Requires Obsidian Desktop 1.7.2+ and a locally installed Git 2.29+.
• Public source distribution: this repository contains the installable runtime. The TypeScript source and development history reside in a separate private repository; Obsidian Community Directory can be granted read access for build review.
• Public release assets include main.js, manifest.json, styles.css and an optional installation ZIP.

Validation: 182 automated tests passed, 1 optional test skipped, 0 failed; TypeScript type-check and production build passed. No Community Directory approval is implied.

Vault Version Control 0.1.42

Vault Version Control 0.1.42

This maintenance release addresses two findings from Obsidian Community Directory review:

• Error fixed: Shortened the plugin description in manifest.json to remove the redundant word "Obsidian".
• Compatibility warning addressed: Replaced Grid column-gap: 12px and row-gap: 10px declarations with the equivalent gap: 10px 12px shorthand in the Diff progress panel.

Intentionally unchanged: All five CSS !important declarations remain as in 0.1.41, at the developer's request. Those styling warnings may still appear in review.

No changes were made to the plugin's Git operations or runtime TypeScript logic. GitHub Release assets contain separately downloadable main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css, plus an optional installation ZIP.

Validation: npm run check, npm run build and npm test passed (149 tests passed, one optional test skipped). The JavaScript runtime hash is byte-for-byte identical to 0.1.41.

Requirements: Obsidian Desktop 1.7.2+, Git 2.29+. This release is not yet a guarantee of Community Directory approval.

Vault Version Control 0.1.41

Vault Version Control 0.1.41

Stable release, accepted by manual Obsidian testing on October 25, 2026.

• Optional native Obsidian Donate funding link in the plugin manifest.
• New Support Development entry in settings, using the same manifest funding link.
• Open in browser launches the system default browser.
• Local ZIP archives are ignored in the private development Git repository.
• Updated README and feature documentation.

Validation: 149 regression tests passed, one optional test skipped; TypeScript check/build passed.
Required release assets: main.js, manifest.json and styles.css. Optional convenience ZIP: vault-version-control-0.1.41.zip.