From ad646e4dfaac7ef16fe578416b031bd25d9ec395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Chen <me@bchen.dev>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 20:04:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add the backlink and the note layout

---
 _config.yml        |  6 ++++++
 _layouts/note.html | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 _notes/test-2.md   |  5 +++++
 _notes/test.md     |  1 -
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 _layouts/note.html
 create mode 100644 _notes/test-2.md

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 3e19981..655501c 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ collections:
   notes:
     output: true
     permalink: /:slug/
+
+defaults:
+  - scope:
+      path: "_notes/**/*.md"
+    values:
+      layout: "note"
diff --git a/_layouts/note.html b/_layouts/note.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b1d317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_layouts/note.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+layout: default
+---
+
+{{ content }}
+
+<div>
+    {% if page.backlinks.size > 0 %}
+    <h3>Notes mentioning this note</h3>
+    <div>
+        {% for backlink in page.backlinks %}
+        <div class="backlink-box">
+            <a class="internal-link" href="{{ site.baseurl }}{{ backlink.url }}{%- if site.use_html_extension -%}.html{%- endif -%}">{{ backlink.title }}</a><br>
+        </div>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
+</div>
diff --git a/_notes/test-2.md b/_notes/test-2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a422a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_notes/test-2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: "Another note"
+---
+
+[[test]]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_notes/test.md b/_notes/test.md
index d1e1dd7..d3081cd 100644
--- a/_notes/test.md
+++ b/_notes/test.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: "Hello World"
-layout: default
 ---
 
 Hello World