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Regex to find consecutive \cite commands

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Avoid multiple consecutive \cite commands in succession, e.g. \cite{my_citation_1}\cite{my_citation_2}
Combine into a \cite{} with citations separated by comma, e.g. \cite{my_citation_1,my_citation_2}

Regex

Use the following regex to find such patterns

\\cite\{([\w,]+)\}([ ~,;]*\\cite\{([\w,]+)\})

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