galaxyproject / galaxyproject/galaxy

Upload archive as collection

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area/dataset-collections feature-request
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Description

An idea from https://github.com/galaxy-genome-annotation/galaxy-tools/pull/35: it would be nice to be able to upload an archive (tar.gz in my example) and have Galaxy decompress it and create a (list) collection with all the files contained in it.
Being able to do it when uploading to a data library too would be great

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating Galaxy's upload handling, data-library upload flow, and collection creation logic, then determine how archive contents should map to collection elements. Done means archive uploads are decompressed into a collection in both standard uploads and data libraries, with behavior covered by tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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