diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Intellij
+*.iml
+.idea
+
+# npm
+node_modules
+package-lock.json
+
+# build
+main.js
+*.js.map
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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-# concatenate
- A plugin for Obsidian.md to allow you to put the contents of sections together in one file
+## Obsidian Concatenate Plugin
+
+### Manual Installation
+
+- Download the latest `main.js, mainfest.json and styles.css` from releases. 
+- Create a new folder named 'obsidian-concatenate'
+- Place the three files in the folder (although honestly styles.css doesn’t matter)
+- Place the folder in your .obsidian/plugins directory
+- Reload plugins
+- Activate the "Concatenate" plugin
+
+### How to use the plugin
+
+1. Navigate to plugin settings. 
+2. Assign a value for which header you want to concatenate the contents of. (i.e. `## Reflections` or `### Meeting Logs`) 
+3. Assign a folder you want to limit the concatenation to (i.e. `Calendar/2021/January`) 
+4. Use the command palette (`ctrl+p` on windows by default) to `Concatenate Headings`. 
+5. View, rename, and/or move the outputted file, which will be created in your vault’s root directory with a name like “Concatenated_Note-Timestamp.” There will be a popup in the top right hand corner telling you the filename. 
+
+### Disclaimer
+
+This is my _very first code project of any kind_. A few months ago I had never done any programming more complex than simple lua scripts for video games. Please install at your own risk, and understand that updates & bugfixes will be slow and awkward unless someone is willing to submit a pull request. 
+
+### Credits
+
+Enormous thanks to `@pjeby`, `@mrjackphil`, and all the [Obsidian.md moderators](https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian/Credits) for their encouragement, support, code tips, refactoring help, handholding with git, and more.  
+
diff --git a/buildandload.bat b/buildandload.bat
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+@echo off
+start /wait "building plugin" cmd /c npm run build
+rem npm run build
+echo errorlevel after npm run build is %errorlevel% 
+if not errorlevel 0 exit
+
+rem If we get this far then the .js file got created
+echo copy /Y main.js D:\js_projs\sample_plugin\test-vault\.obsidian\plugins\sample-plugin
+copy /Y main.js D:\js_projs\sample_plugin\test-vault\.obsidian\plugins\sample-plugin
+echo errorlevel after copy is %errorlevel% 
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diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
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+import {
+	App, HeadingCache, MetadataCache, Notice,
+	Plugin,
+	PluginSettingTab,
+	Setting,
+	TFile,
+} from 'obsidian';
+
+interface MyPluginSettings {
+	concatHeader: string;
+	pathIncluded: string;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MyPluginSettings = {
+	concatHeader: '## Reading Log',
+	pathIncluded: ''
+}
+async function asyncForEach(array:TFile[], callback: (markFile: TFile) => void) {
+	for (let index = 0; index < array.length; index++) {
+		await callback(array[index]);
+	}
+}
+
+export default class MyPlugin extends Plugin {
+	settings: MyPluginSettings;
+
+	async performConcatenation() {
+		let markdownFiles = this.app.vault.getMarkdownFiles();
+		if (this.settings.pathIncluded) {
+		    markdownFiles = markdownFiles.filter(e => e.path.startsWith(this.settings.pathIncluded))
+		}
+
+		if (!markdownFiles.length) {
+		    new Notice("Can't find files which fit the filter")
+            return
+		}
+
+		let content = Array();
+		let timenow = Date.now();
+		// Await lets you block further execution until this thing is done. It must be paired with async.
+
+		const level = this.settings.concatHeader.split(' ').filter(e => /^#/.test(e))[0]?.split('#').length - 1 || 0
+		const title = this.settings.concatHeader.split(' ').slice(1).join(' ')
+
+		await asyncForEach(markdownFiles, async (markFile: TFile) => {
+		    const metadata = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(markFile)
+
+			type HeadingWithOffset = [HeadingCache, { sectionEndLine: number }]
+
+			const matchedHeadings: HeadingWithOffset[] = metadata.headings
+					?.filter(h => h.level >= level)
+					.map((h, i, arr) => {
+						return [
+							h,
+							{ sectionEndLine: arr[i + 1]?.position.start.line || undefined }
+						] as HeadingWithOffset
+					})
+					.filter(h => h[0].level === level && h[0].heading === title)
+				|| []
+
+			if (matchedHeadings.length) {
+				const fileContent = await this.app.vault.read(markFile)
+				content.push(
+					matchedHeadings.map(h => {
+						return fileContent
+							.split('\n')
+							.slice(h[0].position.start.line + 1, h[1].sectionEndLine)
+							.join('\n')
+					}).join('\n')
+				)
+			}
+		});
+
+		const finalizedContents = content.join('\n')
+
+		await this.app.vault.create("Concatenated_Note-" + timenow + ".md", finalizedContents);
+		new Notice('File: "' + 'Concatenated_Note-' + timenow + '.md' + '" created.');
+	}
+
+	async onload() {
+		console.log('loading plugin');
+
+		await this.loadSettings();
+
+		this.addCommand({
+			id: 'concatenate-headings',
+			name: 'Concatenate Headings',
+			checkCallback: (checking: boolean) => {
+				let leaf = this.app.workspace.activeLeaf;
+				if (leaf) {
+					if (!checking) {
+							this.performConcatenation();
+					}
+					return true;
+				}
+				return false;
+			},
+			callback: () => this.performConcatenation(),
+		});
+
+		this.addSettingTab(new SampleSettingTab(this.app, this));
+	}
+
+	onunload() {
+		console.log('unloading plugin');
+	}
+
+	async loadSettings() {
+		this.settings = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, await this.loadData());
+	}
+
+	async saveSettings() {
+		await this.saveData(this.settings);
+	}
+}
+
+class SampleSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+	plugin: MyPlugin;
+
+	constructor(app: App, plugin: MyPlugin) {
+		super(app, plugin);
+		this.plugin = plugin;
+	}
+
+	display(): void {
+		let {containerEl} = this;
+
+		containerEl.empty();
+
+		containerEl.createEl('h2', {text: 'Settings for my awesome plugin.'});
+
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Heading Title')
+			.setDesc('Type the heading (including the hashtags) you would like to concatenate')
+			.addText(text => text
+				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.concatHeader)
+				.onChange(async (value) => {
+					this.plugin.settings.concatHeader = value;
+					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+				}));
+
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Folder in which search for')
+			.setDesc('Specify the folder where plugin will search headers')
+			.addText(text => text
+				.setPlaceholder('path/folder/deep')
+				.setValue(this.plugin.settings.pathIncluded)
+				.onChange(async (value) => {
+					this.plugin.settings.pathIncluded = value;
+					await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+				}));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
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+++ b/manifest.json
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+{
+	"id": "obsidian-concatenate",
+	"name": "Concatenate",
+	"version": "0.0.1",
+	"minAppVersion": "0.0.1",
+	"description": "This plugin will allow you to put the contents of sections together in one file",
+	"author": "Eleanor Konik",
+	"authorUrl": "https://github.com/eleanorkonik/-concatenate",
+	"isDesktopOnly": false
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "obsidian-sample-plugin",
+  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "description": "This is a sample plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md)",
+  "main": "main.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "rollup --config rollup.config.js -w",
+    "build": "rollup --config rollup.config.js"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^15.1.0",
+    "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^9.0.0",
+    "@rollup/plugin-typescript": "^6.0.0",
+    "@types/node": "^14.14.2",
+    "obsidian": "https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api/tarball/master",
+    "rollup": "^2.32.1",
+    "tslib": "^2.0.3",
+    "typescript": "^4.0.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rollup.config.js b/rollup.config.js
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+++ b/rollup.config.js
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+import typescript from '@rollup/plugin-typescript';
+import {nodeResolve} from '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve';
+import commonjs from '@rollup/plugin-commonjs';
+
+export default {
+  input: 'main.ts',
+  output: {
+    dir: '.',
+    sourcemap: 'inline',
+    format: 'cjs',
+    exports: 'default'
+  },
+  external: ['obsidian'],
+  plugins: [
+    typescript(),
+    nodeResolve({browser: true}),
+    commonjs(),
+  ]
+};
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diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
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diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "inlineSourceMap": true,
+    "inlineSources": true,
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "target": "es6",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "importHelpers": true,
+    "lib": [
+      "dom",
+      "es5",
+      "scripthost",
+      "es2015"
+    ],
+	"noEmitOnError": true,
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
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+++ b/versions.json
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+{
+	"1.0.1": "0.9.12",
+	"1.0.0": "0.9.7"
+}