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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+const process = require('process');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const { readdir, stat } = fs.promises;
+
+const rec = async (branch, root) => {
+  const node = {};
+  const localPath = path.resolve(root, ...branch);
+  const els = await readdir(localPath);
+  for (const el of els) {
+    const isFile = (await stat(path.resolve(localPath, el))).isFile();
+    const fileExt = path.extname(el);
+    const baseName = path.basename(el, fileExt);
+    if (isFile) {
+      if (['.yaml', '.json'].includes(fileExt)) {
+        node[baseName] = {$ref: path.join(...branch, el)};
+      }
+    } else {
+      node[el] = await rec([...branch, el], root);
+    }
+  }
+  return node;
+};
+
+const main = async () => {
+  const [, , root] = process.argv;
+  if (root === undefined) {
+    console.error('usage: ./index-unifieddb.js <path-to-unifieddb-arch-folder>');
+    return;
+  }
+  const rootPath = path.resolve('.', root);
+  const tree = await rec([], rootPath);
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(tree, null, 2));
+};
+
+main();