Synchronizing note deletion across accounts

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I sync some shared decks amongst several profiles. For note modifications this works great.

However, for note deletions, I struggle. What happens during the bidirectional sync:

  1. delete note from accountA
  2. export accountA.apkg file
  3. import accountA.apkg file into accountB
  4. export accountB.apkg file
  5. import accountB.apkg into accountA
  6. deleted note is back in accountA

I’ve even tried making a “graveyard” deck, but the deck location is not updated upon importing the .apkg file.

What’s the best approach to this problem?

2

You can sync note deletion by actually syncing your profiles – but not by importing smaller decks into them.

3

OK, my specific criteria are:

  1. Sync some subset of notes across profiles but not all.
  2. Each profile to keep its own history for its cards.

If deletions are tracked in an append-only journal, deletions would naturally sync. Has this been considered @dae ?

4

apkg files were not designed for this, and it would not be easy to add.