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Test fixtures plugin

The Daily Notes NG Test Fixtures plugin is a separate companion plugin that lives outside the main plugin’s source. It generates reproducible sample data for testing and can reset the vault to a clean state.

Why a separate plugin?

  • Keeps test data generation out of the main plugin’s bundle size
  • Can be installed independently via BRAT
  • Commands available in Obsidian’s command palette for quick iteration
  • Follows the TaskNotes test fixtures pattern

Location

plugin_development/
├── obsidian-daily-notes-ng/          # Main plugin
└── daily-notes-ng-test-fixtures/     # Test fixtures (separate directory)
    ├── src/
    │   ├── main.ts                   # Plugin entry with commands
    │   ├── cleanup.ts                # Recursive cleanup
    │   └── generators/
    │       ├── dailyNotes.ts         # 30 days of sample daily notes
    │       ├── weeklyNotes.ts        # 8 weeks of sample weekly notes
    │       ├── personNotes.ts        # Person + group notes for identity testing
    │       └── templateFiles.ts      # Sample template files
    ├── manifest.json
    ├── package.json
    └── esbuild.config.mjs

Commands

CommandIDDescription
Full test setupdaily-notes-ng-test-fixtures:full-setupConfigures Daily Notes NG settings + generates all data
Generate all test datadaily-notes-ng-test-fixtures:generate-allGenerates sample notes without changing settings
Remove all test datadaily-notes-ng-test-fixtures:remove-allDeletes all generated folders and files
Configure Daily Notes NGdaily-notes-ng-test-fixtures:configure-dnngSets optimal plugin settings for testing

What gets generated

Daily notes (31 files)

  • Test-Journal/Daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md — last 30 days plus today
  • Includes frontmatter with date created and tags: [daily]
  • Every 3rd day has completed todos (- [x])
  • Every 5th day has incomplete todos (- [ ]) for rollover testing

Weekly notes (9 files)

  • Test-Journal/Weekly/gggg-WWW.md — last 8 weeks plus current
  • Includes goals, review, and next-week sections

Person notes (3 files)

  • Test-People/Alice Smith.md — timezone: America/New_York
  • Test-People/Bob Jones.md — timezone: Europe/London
  • Test-People/Carol Chen.md — timezone: Asia/Tokyo

Group note (1 file)

  • Test-People/Dev Team.md — members: Alice, Bob, Carol

Template files (3 files)

  • Test-Templates/Daily.md, Weekly.md, Monthly.md
  • Uses {{title}}, {{date}} placeholders

Using via Obsidian CLI

Terminal window
OBS="/mnt/c/Users/Cybersader/AppData/Local/Obsidian/Obsidian.com"


# Full setup (configure + generate)
$OBS vault=dnng-test-vault eval \
  "code=app.commands.executeCommandById('daily-notes-ng-test-fixtures:full-setup')"


# Verify data was generated
$OBS vault=dnng-test-vault files folder=Test-Journal/Daily


# Run your tests...


# Clean up
$OBS vault=dnng-test-vault eval \
  "code=app.commands.executeCommandById('daily-notes-ng-test-fixtures:remove-all')"


# Verify cleanup
$OBS vault=dnng-test-vault eval "code=app.vault.getFiles().length"

Building the fixtures plugin

Terminal window
cd daily-notes-ng-test-fixtures
bun install
bun run build

The built main.js + manifest.json are deployed to dnng-test-vault/.obsidian/plugins/daily-notes-ng-test-fixtures/.

Extending with new generators

To add a new data generator:

  1. Create src/generators/myData.ts
  2. Export an async function generateMyData(app: App): Promise<void>
  3. Import and call it from src/main.ts in the generate-all command
  4. Add cleanup paths to src/cleanup.ts