--- a/merge_top.py	Mon Jun 28 10:44:15 2021 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import re
-import sys
-
-
-def combine_tops(top_text, itp_texts):
-    """
-    Search through parent topology top_text and replace
-    #include lines with the relevant child topologies
-    from the dictionary itp_texts
-    """
-    for itp in itp_texts:
-        # split on include string, then rejoin around itp file
-        spl = re.split('#include ".*{}"\n'.format(itp), top_text)
-        top_text = itp_texts[itp].join(spl)
-    return top_text
-
-
-top = sys.argv[1]  # parent topology file
-itps_file = sys.argv[2]  # file with list of child topologies (.itp files)
-
-with open(itps_file) as f:
-    itps = f.read().split()
-
-with open(top, 'r') as f:
-    top_text = f.read()
-
-itp_texts = {}  # create dictionary of child topologies
-for itp in itps:
-    with open(itp, 'r') as f:
-        itp_texts[itp] = f.read()
-
-for itp in itp_texts:
-    # child tops may also refer to each other; we need to check this
-    itp_texts[itp] = combine_tops(itp_texts[itp], itp_texts)
-
-with open('top_output.top', 'w') as f:
-    # now combine all children into the parent
-    f.write(combine_tops(top_text, itp_texts))