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+_GET_ROOT_ENVIRON = {}
+
+def get_root(router):
+    """ Given a :mod:`repoze.bfg` Router application instance as its
+    ``router`` argument, this callable returns the traversal root of
+    graph as defined by the application's root factory.  It also has
+    the effect of pushing a new registry and request on to the
+    internal thread local stack managed by BFG so that registry
+    lookups work properly.
+
+    .. warning:: This function should never be called from *within* a
+       BFG model or view, only from top-level scripts which wish to
+       get the root of a graph to do offline processing."""
+    registry = router.registry
+    threadlocals = {'registry':registry, 'request':None}
+    router.threadlocal_manager.push(threadlocals)
+    return router.root_factory(_GET_ROOT_ENVIRON)
+