diff --git a/hardlink_creator.py b/hardlink_creator.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import json
+import argparse
+
+
+def create_hardlinks(json_file, source_dir, target_dir, dry_run: bool = False):
+    """
+    Reads the JSON file and creates hardlinks based on the mapping of source and target files.
+
+    Args:
+        json_file (str): Path to the JSON file containing the mapping.
+        source_dir (str): Base path of the source directory.
+        target_dir (str): Base path of the target directory.
+        dry_run (bool): If True, no changes will be made; actions will be printed instead.
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(json_file, 'r') as f:
+            file_mappings = json.load(f)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Failed to read JSON file {json_file}: {e}")
+        return
+
+    for source_file, target_file in file_mappings:
+        source_path = os.path.join(source_dir, source_file)
+        target_path = os.path.join(target_dir, target_file)
+
+        # Ensure the source file exists
+        if not os.path.exists(source_path):
+            print(f"Source file does not exist: {source_path}. Skipping...")
+            continue
+
+        # Ensure the target directory exists
+        target_dir_path = os.path.dirname(target_path)
+        if not os.path.exists(target_dir_path):
+            if dry_run:
+                print(f"[DRY-RUN] Would create directory: {target_dir_path}")
+            else:
+                print(f"Creating directory: {target_dir_path}")
+                os.makedirs(target_dir_path, exist_ok=True)
+
+        # Create the hard link if the target does not already exist
+        if not os.path.exists(target_path):
+            if dry_run:
+                print(f"[DRY-RUN] Would create hard link: {source_path} -> {target_path}")
+            else:
+                print(f"Creating hard link: {source_path} -> {target_path}")
+                try:
+                    os.link(source_path, target_path)
+                except OSError as e:
+                    print(f"Failed to create hard link for {target_path}: {e}")
+        else:
+            print(f"Target file already exists, skipping: {target_path}")
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create hardlinks based on JSON output from the first script.")
+    parser.add_argument('json_file', help="Path to the JSON file containing source-target mappings.")
+    parser.add_argument('source_dir', help="Path to the source directory.")
+    parser.add_argument('target_dir', help="Path to the target directory.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--dry-run', '-n', 
+        action='store_true', 
+        help="Perform a dry run; only print actions without making changes."
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    create_hardlinks(args.json_file, args.source_dir, args.target_dir, args.dry_run)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/hardlink_mapper.py b/hardlink_mapper.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import sys
+import json
+import argparse
+
+
+# Function to get hard links between source and target directories
+def get_hard_links(source_dir, target_dir):
+    # Dictionary to store hard links
+    source_links = {}
+    target_links = {}
+
+    # Walk through the source directory to collect hard links
+    for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(source_dir):
+        for filename in filenames:
+            filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
+            try:
+                inode = os.stat(filepath).st_ino
+                if inode not in source_links:
+                    source_links[inode] = []
+                source_links[inode].append(filepath)
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                continue
+
+    # Walk through the target directory to collect hard links
+    for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(target_dir):
+        for filename in filenames:
+            filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
+            try:
+                inode = os.stat(filepath).st_ino
+                if inode not in target_links:
+                    target_links[inode] = []
+                target_links[inode].append(filepath)
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                continue
+
+    # Generate the list of tuples (relative_src, relative_dst)
+    hard_links = []
+    for inode, target_files in target_links.items():
+        if inode in source_links:
+            for target_file in target_files:
+                relative_target = os.path.relpath(target_file, target_dir)
+                for source_file in source_links[inode]:
+                    relative_source = os.path.relpath(source_file, source_dir)
+                    hard_links.append([relative_source, relative_target])
+
+    return hard_links
+
+
+def main():
+    # Argument parser for CLI arguments
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Collect hard links between source and target directories.")
+    parser.add_argument('source_dir', help="Path to the source directory")
+    parser.add_argument('target_dir', help="Path to the target directory")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    hard_links = get_hard_links(args.source_dir, args.target_dir)
+    print(json.dumps(hard_links, indent=2))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()