Merge Around Below Leftmost

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Two sources merging into a leftmost-column LEFT entry: the trunk routes around the target's left side to enter from outside while the second merge target is reached in-row.

Mermaid source

%%metro title: Merge Around Below Leftmost
%%metro style: nfcore
%%metro line: a | A | #e63946
%%metro grid: src1  | 1,0
%%metro grid: src2  | 2,0
%%metro grid: extra | 3,0
%%metro grid: tgt   | 0,1

graph LR
    subgraph src1 [Source 1]
        a1[Step A]
        a2[Out A]
        a1 -->|a| a2
    end

    subgraph src2 [Source 2]
        b1[Step B]
        b2[Out B]
        b1 -->|a| b2
    end

    subgraph extra [Extra]
        %%metro entry: left | a
        e1[Extra Step]
        e2[Extra Out]
        e1 -->|a| e2
    end

    subgraph tgt [Target]
        %%metro entry: left | a
        t1[Combine]
        t2[Result]
        t1 -->|a| t2
    end

    a2 -->|a| e1
    a2 -->|a| t1
    b2 -->|a| e1
    b2 -->|a| t1

CLI command

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

Rendered map