Environment Variables

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_DIR

If set, this overrides the vault value from obsidian-logging.yaml for the current invocation:

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_DIR=/tmp/test-vault obsidian-logging "Testing a different vault"

This is useful for testing configuration changes, pointing at a secondary vault temporarily, or running obsidian-logging inside scripts/CI without touching your personal config file.

$EDITOR

Not specific to obsidian-logging’s config file, but used by the -e/--edit flag to decide which editor to open today’s note in. If $EDITOR is unset, vim is used.