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+import { OrgRoamLink } from '../api'
+import { LinkObject } from 'force-graph'
+
+export function normalizeLinkEnds(link: OrgRoamLink | LinkObject): [string, string] {
+  // we need to cover both because force-graph modifies the original data
+  // but if we supply the original data on each render, the graph will re-render sporadically
+  const sourceId =
+    typeof link.source === 'object' ? (link.source.id! as string) : (link.source as string)
+  const targetId =
+    typeof link.target === 'object' ? (link.target.id! as string) : (link.target as string)
+  return [sourceId, targetId]
+}