Decorate a file string for gfm markdown in Obsidian

This function takes a file path and returns a string with the file path as a gfm formatted link that works in Obsidian. If a path is not given, then the function will "expand" the file string to be a full path. This is meant to expand "~/" to a full path, but can cause issues if you give just a file name but no context as to the path.

Usage

file2gfm(file, path = NA, verify = F)

Arguments

file

A string representing a file name or path

path

A string representing a file path

verify

Logical indicating whether to verify the file exists

Value

A string with the file path as a gfm markdown link