Remove checks for unique root

novelwriter/core/project.py

@@ -121,13 +121,8 @@ class NWProject():
     ##
 
     def newRoot(self, rootName, rootClass):
-        """Add a new root item. These items are unique, except for item class
-        CUSTOM, and always have parent handle set to None.
+        """Add a new root item.
         """
-        if not self.projTree.checkRootUnique(rootClass):
-            self.theParent.makeAlert(self.tr("Duplicate root item detected."), nwAlert.ERROR)
-            return None
-
         newItem = NWItem(self)
         newItem.setName(rootName)
         newItem.setType(nwItemType.ROOT)

novelwriter/core/tree.py

@@ -253,21 +253,6 @@ class NWTree():
                 return tItem.itemHandle
         return None
 
-    def checkRootUnique(self, theClass):
-        """Checks if there already is a root entry of class 'theClass'
-        in the root of the project tree. CUSTOM class is skipped as it
-        is not required to be unique.
-        """
-        if theClass == nwItemClass.CUSTOM:
-            return True
-        for aRoot in self._treeRoots:
-            tItem = self.__getitem__(aRoot)
-            if tItem is None:
-                continue
-            if theClass == tItem.itemClass:
-                return False
-        return True
-
     def getRootItem(self, tHandle):
         """Iterate upwards in the tree until we find the item with
         parent None, the root item. We do this with a for loop with a