# Tip for Keeping Hub TODO lists ## Target Audience This tip is really intended for anyone doing largish amounts of tidying up or handle-turning in the Hub content, which is cloned on their own machine. ## Scenario I am making a series of small changes in the vault (like adding 20 missing notes). - Maybe I want to save a screenshot or two of the things I am improving as well - I would like to have a markdown note in the vault, so that I can keep a checklist of things to do I want to **make it impossible for me to accidentally add those files** in a git commit. An example might be: ``` Pages to create: - [ ] [[Anthony Gold]] - [ ] [[Francesco D'Alessio]] - need to work out naming convention with apostrophes - [ ] [[Justin DiRose]] - [ ] [[Note-taking for University Students]] - waiting for news from OCT - [ ] [[Phnx]] - note the lower-case equivalent below - [ ] [[Tane Piper]] - [ ] [[apolaine]] - [ ] [[obsidian-drag-and-drop-blocks]] - [ ] [[phnx]] - [ ] [[placeholder/link]] - these are actually URLs to add, not pages to create - [ ] [[quick-monsters-5e]] - need a system for managing plugins not yet in community list - [ ] [[uwi]] ``` In Obsidian, I can test my progress by previewing that note, and seeing which links are still dangling, which is very useful. ## Steps 1. Create a directory at the top level called `DO NOT COMMIT`. The capitalisation and spaces matter. 2. Any files you put in `DO NOT COMMIT` directory will be ignored by git, and by the script that creates MOC files. You can now put your own temporary notes and images in to `DO NOT COMMIT/`, confident that they will never be checked in. ## Alternative approaches - It's also possible to add `- [ ]` checklists in GitHub issues and pull requests, as in this example: [issue #65](https://github.com/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/issues/65). - **advantages** - the lists are public, and other people can see the progress, and may even be able to help - **disadvantages** - it is not easy to edit those lists in Obsidian - they cannot contain internal Obsidian wiki links (as used %% Hub footer: Please don't edit anything below this line %% # This note in GitHub <span class="git-footer">[Edit In GitHub](https://github.dev/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/blob/main/00%20-%20Contribute%20to%20the%20Obsidian%20Hub/Tip%20for%20Keeping%20Hub%20TODO%20lists.md "git-hub-edit-note") | [Copy this note](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/main/00%20-%20Contribute%20to%20the%20Obsidian%20Hub/Tip%20for%20Keeping%20Hub%20TODO%20lists.md "git-hub-copy-note") | [Download this vault](https://github.com/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/archive/refs/heads/main.zip "git-hub-download-vault") </span>