Junction Entry Align

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A two-line bundle whose order is preserved across the junction-to-entry-port boundary, so the straight-through line stays horizontal instead of slanting to swap slots (issue #704).

Mermaid source

%%metro title: Junction Entry Port Align
%%metro style: dark
%%metro line_order: span
%%metro line: alpha | Alpha | #e63946
%%metro line: beta | Beta | #2db572

%%metro grid: pre | 0,0
%%metro grid: src | 1,0
%%metro grid: dst_a | 2,0
%%metro grid: dst_b | 3,0
%%metro grid: beta_extra_1 | 0,1
%%metro grid: beta_extra_2 | 1,1

graph LR
    subgraph pre [Pre]
        pre1[Start]
        pre2[Prep]
        pre1 -->|alpha,beta| pre2
    end

    subgraph beta_extra_1 [Beta Extra 1]
        be1_1[Step]
        be1_2[Step 2]
        be1_1 -->|beta| be1_2
    end

    subgraph beta_extra_2 [Beta Extra 2]
        be2_1[Step]
        be2_2[Step 2]
        be2_1 -->|beta| be2_2
    end

    subgraph src [Source]
        %%metro exit: right | alpha,beta
        s_a[Tool Alpha]
        s_b[Tool Beta]
    end

    subgraph dst_a [Dest Alpha]
        %%metro entry: left | alpha
        da1[Process A]
        da2[Output A]
        da1 -->|alpha| da2
    end

    subgraph dst_b [Dest Beta]
        %%metro entry: left | beta
        db1[Process B]
        db2[Output B]
        db1 -->|beta| db2
    end

    pre2 -->|alpha| s_a
    pre2 -->|beta| s_b
    pre2 -->|beta| be1_1
    be1_2 -->|beta| be2_1
    s_a -->|alpha| da1
    s_b -->|beta| db1

CLI command

nf-metro render examples/topologies/junction_entry_align.mmd -o junction_entry_align.svg

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