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src/caoscrawler/sync_graph.py

@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@ class SyncGraph():
         Return an equivalent SyncNode.
 
         Equivalent means that ID, path or identifiable are the same.
+        If a new information was added to the given SyncNode (e.g. the ID), it might be possible
+        then to identify an equivalent node (i.e. one with the same ID in this example).
+        There might be more than one equivalent nodes in the graph. However, simply the first that
+        is found is being returned. (When an equivalent node is found this, the given node is
+        typically merged, into the one that was found and after the merge the graph is again
+        checked for equivalent nodes)
 
         Returns None if no equivalent node is found.
         """
@@ -565,6 +571,9 @@ class SyncGraph():
         # - merge
         self._add_identifiables_to_dependend_nodes(target)
 
+        if self.get_equivalent(target) is not None:
+            self._merge_into(target, self.get_equivalent(target))
+
     def _identifiable_is_needed(self, node: SyncNode):
         """
         This function checks: