Docs/Refactoring/Refactoring operations
Refactoring operations
The Refactor menu gathers every structural change you can make to the current note in one place — renaming and moving, splitting a note apart, AI-assisted reorganization, and formatting. Through all of them, Minerva keeps the links between your notes coherent, so a change never leaves a broken reference behind. Each command works on the note you're editing.
Renaming and moving
Rename…
Refactor → Rename… gives the note a new name and updates every link that pointed at the old one, so nothing breaks. See Manual rename, move & delete.
Move…
Refactor → Move… moves the note to a different folder; its links follow it. (You can also drag it in the sidebar.)
Copy…
Refactor → Copy… makes a duplicate of the note at a location you choose.
Splitting a note
Extract Selection to New Note
Refactor → Extract Selection to New Note pulls the selected text out into a brand-new note and leaves a link to it in its place. Select some text first.
Split Note Here
Refactor → Split Note Here divides the note in two at the cursor, keeping the text above and moving the text below into a new, linked note.
Split by Heading…
Refactor → Split by Heading… breaks one long note into several — one per heading — linked together.
AI-assisted
These ask the assistant to do the work and hand you the result as a proposal to review — nothing changes until you approve it. See AI-assisted refactors.
Auto-tag
Refactor → Auto-tag suggests tags for the note based on what it's about.
Auto-link outbound…
Refactor → Auto-link outbound… proposes links from this note to other relevant notes.
Auto-link inbound…
Refactor → Auto-link inbound… proposes links to this note from other relevant notes.
Decompose Note…
Refactor → Decompose Note… proposes breaking a long note into smaller, linked notes.
Formatting and bibliography
Format
Refactor → Format tidies the note's Markdown into a consistent style (or every note selected in the sidebar). See Formatter settings for what it does.
Insert/Update Bibliography
Refactor → Insert/Update Bibliography renders a References section listing every source the note cites, in your configured citation style. See Bibliography & citations.