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+import { Scene, Node } from '@gltf-transform/core';
+
+/**
+ * Create a new node as child of the target {@link Scene} or {@link Node}.
+ * Its existing children will be reparented under the new node.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ * ```javascript
+ * import { transformScene } from '@gltf-transform/functions';
+ *
+ * let scene = document.getRoot().getDefaultScene()
+ * // rotate the entire scene a quarter turn around the y axis
+ * spliceNode(scene).setRotation([0, Math.SQRT1_2, 0, Math.SQRT1_2]);
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param parent Node or Scene whose children to reroot
+ * @returns The new parent node
+ */
+export function spliceNode(parent: Scene | Node): Node {
+	const newNode = new Node(parent.getGraph());
+	for (const child of parent.listChildren()) {
+		if (child.getSkin()) continue;
+		newNode.addChild(child);
+	}
+	parent.addChild(newNode);
+	return newNode;
+}