nextflow-io / nextflow-io/nextflow
Path includeInputs does not work for symlinks
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Description
Try
process foo {
input:
path x from '/some/data/foo.txt'
output:
path '*', includeInputs:true into foo_ch
"""
touch file.txt
"""
}
foo_ch.view { "foo: $it.name" }
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the process and symlink scenario shown in the report, then trace the path handling for the includeInputs option. Done means outputs using includeInputs work correctly when the input path is a symlink, with the reported example behaving as expected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- groovy
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100