Add keep-contig-names parameter #8865
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A forum topic asked whether we can have a behavior to keep original contig names in FastaAlternateReferenceMaker tool.
A new parameter
--keep-contig-names
is added.New optional behavior is to set contig names as
>originalcontigname description
Here is my small local test and its result
VCF
Original Fasta
New Fasta with new optional behavior
Sequence dictionary created for the new Fasta.
Default value is false therefore original behavior is kept. Should not hurt any current tests.