AcademicLatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{miller,siunitx,subcaption,float,newfloat,amsmath,amssymb,chemformula,graphicx}
\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage{xr} % necessary for external references
\usepackage{lineno}
\linenumbers
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% This section is part of where the magic happens
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\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\addFileDependency}[1]{% argument=file name and extension
  \typeout{(#1)}
  \@addtofilelist{#1}
  \IfFileExists{#1}{}{\typeout{No file #1.}}
}
\makeatother

\newcommand*{\myexternaldocument}[1]{%
    \externaldocument{#1}%
    \addFileDependency{#1.tex}%
    \addFileDependency{#1.aux}%
}

\myexternaldocument{main_supporting}

\begin{document}
    \input{0_abstract.tex}
    \input{1_introduction.tex}
    \input{2_results.tex}
    \input{3_methods.tex}
    \input{4_conclusions.tex}
\end{document}