How backlinks work here
Every note on this site automatically shows a “Linked from” section at the bottom, listing other notes that link to it. You don’t have to maintain a list by hand — the build does it for you.
The mechanism
At build time, the note layout scans every other note’s rendered HTML
for the current note’s URL. Any note that matches is listed as a backlink.
It’s a simple O(n²) pass over site.notes, which is fine until the garden
has hundreds of notes. If that ever becomes a problem, move the scan into a
custom Jekyll plugin that builds a reverse-link index once at load time.
How to link
Use a regular markdown link:
See [What is a digital garden?]({{ '/notes/digital-garden/' | relative_url }}).
The relative_url filter makes the link survive if the baseurl ever
changes (e.g. moving the site under a subpath). Always use it.
See also
- What is a digital garden? — the overview.