Cloned node entity reference field stay in sync with parent node

I have three content types A, B and C. A have entity reference fields to B and C. I create a Node of type A say a1. When i clone a1 node as a2 with node clone module i get the same value for entity reference fields in a2 same as a1. In a2 i can change the entity reference field value so that they refer to another nodes of B and C content type.

But with node clone module there is no way to maintain relationship between parent node and cloned node.

So I basically have two requirements:

  1. In cloned node i can override the entity reference field value or leave it same as parent node. If i override, later i should be able to revert back to those values same as parent node. Currently there is no way to do this.
  2. If parent node change the value of those entity reference fields then in all the cloned node of this parent node also change their respective entity reference field value except overridden cloned nodes.

The solution i found so far during searching is using Replicate, replicate_ui module which provide more hook to alter the cloning process. The another module is Corresponding Entity References which create entity reference field back to parent node.

I don’t need comprehensive solution but anything existing solution can do almost this functionality?

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