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  1. pmbauer created this gist Jun 22, 2022.
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    # NOTE: you will need node installed (for npx asar)

    # NOTE: this works on MacOS.
    # You'll need to modify MAIN_ASAR and CACHE_DIR for your platform

    MAIN_ASAR=/Applications/Obsidian.app/Contents/Resources/obsidian.asar
    CACHE_DIR="/Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/obsidian"

    TARGET_ASAR=$((ls -r "$CACHE_DIR"/obsidian-*.asar 2>/dev/null || echo "$MAIN_ASAR") | head -n 1)
    TMP_ASAR=/tmp/obsidian.asar
    UNPACKED_ASAR=/tmp/obsidian.asar.unpacked
    # cleanup
    rm -rf $TMP_ASAR $UNPACKED_ASAR
    npx asar extract "$TARGET_ASAR" /tmp/obsidian.asar.unpacked
    # Remove emacs keybindings and conflicting Mod-[ mapping
    sed -i 's/{key:"Ctrl-b".*key:"Ctrl-v"[^}]*}//;s/{key:"Mod-\["[^}]*},//' "$UNPACKED_ASAR"/app.js
    npx asar pack $UNPACKED_ASAR $TMP_ASAR
    # replace with patched asar
    pkill Obsidian
    cp $TMP_ASAR "$TARGET_ASAR"