TriliumAlchemy - CLI features: Filesystem note sync and template sync

[mm21]

As of 0.7.0, TriliumAlchemy's CLI tool has the following new features:

Filesystem note sync

Enables dumping notes to a filesystem in a concise format optimized for source control, along with loading them back into Trilium.

See the full documentation with details and rationale for the format here: https://mm21.github.io/trilium-alchemy/tools/index.html#filesystem-note-format

And example usage here: https://mm21.github.io/trilium-alchemy/tools/index.html#filesystem-dump-load

This should be considered experimental, but it's well-tested. Any feedback is welcome.

Use cases might include:

• Maintaining user guide and documentation in source control (@eliandoran mentioned this possible use case)
• Maintaining and sharing extensions
  • An extension can be dumped to a folder, shared via a git repo, and loaded into a parent note
  • Would propagate any updates while preserving note ids
• Tracking content changes for general note-taking
  • Can easily dump the whole tree or specific subtrees by search string
• Modifying content externally and propagating changes back into Trilium

A possible enhancement would be to recreate the note hierarchy using symbolic links, keeping this filesystem format as the underlying source of truth.

Template sync

Enables updating template instances as you make changes to the template. See example usage here: https://mm21.github.io/trilium-alchemy/tools/index.html#template-sync

For example, if you add or reorder child notes of a template, the change will be recreated in existing instances of that template. Personally, it will give me more confidence to work with my notes without needing to have the perfect templates in place - I can always sync them later once I improve the templates.