From 434f472251150cbdc0a9a15e41dff2e022bcf111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pio Mendoza <69317890+peeeyow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 23:21:38 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat(backlinks): make relative to root links searchable

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 4 ++++
 lua/obsidian/client.lua | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38752b8ea..3aaad6e81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+- Added relative to root markdown links as search pattern for backlinks.
+
 ## [v3.7.14](https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim/releases/tag/v3.7.14) - 2024-06-04
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/lua/obsidian/client.lua b/lua/obsidian/client.lua
index 325d40bed..372660dbe 100644
--- a/lua/obsidian/client.lua
+++ b/lua/obsidian/client.lua
@@ -1297,10 +1297,14 @@ Client.find_backlinks_async = function(self, note, callback, opts)
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("[[%s|", ref)
           -- Markdown link without anchor/block.
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(%s)", ref)
+          -- Markdown link without anchor/block and is relative to root.
+          search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(/%s)", ref)
           -- Wiki links with anchor/block.
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("[[%s#", ref)
           -- Markdown link with anchor/block.
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(%s#", ref)
+          -- Markdown link with anchor/block and is relative to root.
+          search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(/%s#", ref)
         elseif anchor then
           -- Note: Obsidian allow a lot of different forms of anchor links, so we can't assume
           -- it's the standardized form here.
@@ -1308,11 +1312,15 @@ Client.find_backlinks_async = function(self, note, callback, opts)
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("[[%s#", ref)
           -- Markdown link with anchor.
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(%s#", ref)
+          -- Markdown link with anchor and is relative to root.
+          search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(/%s#", ref)
         elseif block then
           -- Wiki links with block.
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("[[%s#%s", ref, block)
           -- Markdown link with block.
           search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(%s#%s", ref, block)
+          -- Markdown link with block and is relative to root.
+          search_terms[#search_terms + 1] = string.format("(/%s#%s", ref, block)
         end
       end
     end