nextflow-io / nextflow-io/nextflow
Path followLinks is not applied when using wildcards
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Research direction
Start by reading modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/processor/TaskProcessor.groovy around lines 1439-1446 and trace how wildcard paths are handled. Reproduce the reported case if possible, then verify that followLinks is applied consistently when wildcards are used.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- groovy
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100