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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use feature 'say';
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Lingua::Features::Structure;
+use Text::Tradition::Directory;
+use XML::Easy::Syntax qw/ $xml10_name_rx $xml10_namestartchar_rx /;
+use TryCatch;
+
+binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
+binmode STDERR, ':utf8';
+eval { no warnings; binmode $DB::OUT, ':utf8'; $DB::deep = 1000 };
+
+my( $dbuser, $dbpass );
+my $dsn = 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=stemmaweb/db/traditions.db';
+my $testrun;
+
+GetOptions(
+ 'dsn=s' => \$dsn,
+ 'u|user=s' => \$dbuser,
+ 'p|pass=s' => \$dbpass,
+ 'n|test' => \$testrun,
+ );
+
+my $dbopts = { dsn => $dsn };
+$dbopts->{extra_args}->{user} = $dbuser if $dbuser;
+$dbopts->{extra_args}->{password} = $dbpass if $dbpass;
+
+my $dir = Text::Tradition::Directory->new( $dbopts );
+
+my $scope = $dir->new_scope();
+my $lookfor = $ARGV[0] || '';
+foreach my $tinfo ( $dir->traditionlist() ) {
+ next unless $tinfo->{'name'} =~ /$lookfor/ || $tinfo->{'id'} eq $lookfor;
+ my $tradition = $dir->lookup( $tinfo->{'id'} );
+ my $c = $tradition->collation;
+
+ # Anywhere in the graph that there is a reading that joins only to a single
+ # successor, and neither of these have any relationships, just join the two
+ # readings.
+
+ # Save/update the current path texts
+ foreach my $wit ( $tradition->witnesses ) {
+ my @pathtext = split( /\s+/, $c->path_text( $wit->sigil ) );
+ $wit->text( \@pathtext );
+ if( $wit->is_layered ) {
+ my @layertext = split( /\s+/, $c->path_text( $wit->sigil.$c->ac_label ) );
+ $wit->layertext( \@layertext );
+ }
+ }
+
+ # Do the deed
+ $c->compress_readings();
+ # ...and save it.
+ $dir->save( $tradition );
+}
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