diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba2abff..282e6a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .obsidian/workspace.json
 .obsidian/workspaces.json
 .obsidian/cache
-.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-git/data.json
+# Note: obsidian-git/data.json is kept to sync auto-backup settings
 
 # OS files
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-git/data.json b/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-git/data.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7f2d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-git/data.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "commitMessage": "vault backup: {{date}}",
+  "commitDateFormat": "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+  "autoSaveInterval": 30,
+  "autoSaveMode": "backup",
+  "autoPush": true,
+  "autoPull": false,
+  "autoPullInterval": 0,
+  "pushOnBackup": true,
+  "pullBeforePush": false,
+  "disablePush": false,
+  "pullOnStartup": false,
+  "disablePopups": false,
+  "disablePopupsForNoChanges": true,
+  "listChangedFilesInMessageBody": false,
+  "showStatusBar": true,
+  "updateSubmodules": false,
+  "syncMethod": "merge",
+  "customMessageOnAutoBackup": false,
+  "autoBackupAfterFileChange": false,
+  "tree": {
+    "main": [
+      {
+        "text": "backup",
+        "command": {"id": "obsidian-git:commit", "args": {}},
+        "icon": "lucide-git-commit-horizontal"
+      },
+      {
+        "text": "push",
+        "command": {"id": "obsidian-git:push", "args": {}},
+        "icon": "lucide-git-pull-request-arrow"
+      },
+      {
+        "text": "backup + push",
+        "command": {"id": "obsidian-git:push", "args": {}},
+        "icon": "lucide-upload-cloud"
+      },
+      {
+        "text": "open git view",
+        "command": {"id": "obsidian-git:open-source-control", "args": {}},
+      "icon": "lucide-git-commit-horizontal"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "basePath": "",
+  "rememberPassword": true
+}
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