Create symbolic links from source Obsidian vault config to target vaults.

obsidian-config-copy.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Create symbolic links from main Obsidian vault config to other vaults.

Obsidian configuration folder can be copied between vaults; this script 
copies a configuration from a main vault to other vaults.
"""

from pathlib import Path
from shutil import copytree, rmtree

main = Path("~/data/2web/reagle.org/joseph/plan/ob-plan/.obsidian").expanduser()
others = [
    Path(t).expanduser()
    for t in [
        "~/data/2misc/ob-misc/.obsidian",
        "~/data/2web/reagle.org/joseph/ob-codex/.obsidian",
        "~/data/mom/ob-mom/.obsidian",
    ]
]

print(f"{main=}")
for other in others:
    print(f"checking {other=}")
    if other.exists():
        if other.is_symlink():
            other.unlink()
            print(f"  unlinked {other=}")
        elif other.is_dir():
            rmtree(other)
            print(f"  removed {other=}")
        else:
            raise TypeError(f"  unknown type: {other}")
    else:
        print(f"  doesn't exist yet {other=}")
    copytree(main, other)
    print(f"  copied to {other=}")