Sharing Vaults

One of the great features of Dendron is its value as a shared note-taking tool. Dendron Multivault has lots of potential for this, but publishing is still tricky, so if you plan to publish (even for private access to notes on mobile) then the best way to go is to create a new workspace backed by a Git repo.

Getting set up

This guide assumes you're going to use a cloud repository of some kind. It could be anything, but I'm using Github here.

Install and set up VS Code

Download the appropriate version of VS Code for your platform and install it. The, install Dendron and all the other official Dendron extensions. Install the Github Pull Requests and Issues extension and Git.

Initialise a new workspace

Only one person needs to do this. Use the Dendron command to intialise the workspace in VSCode. That person then pushes the code to a remote repo, where others can work with it. Once that repo is made, invite your colaborators to it via Github.

Clone the repo onto collaborator's machines

Using the Github extension, clone the repository.

Make some changes

Now everyone should be able to make changes. You can pull other people's changes and push your own so that you stay in sync.

Once you're up and running

Deciding on schemas is tricky when it's your own notes. The best way to share is to create a meta-note that describes the way you do things with others. This note is also very handy for sharing common shortcuts and simple how-tos.