From 0ddc465f201dfa292e053fb2a207d7a7e90864be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Tomko Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:06:59 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme and manual --- README.md | 24 ++++++++++++------------ docs/MANUAL.md | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fbb14ea..14365ae 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # PoolQ 3.0 -Copyright (c) 2022 Genetic Perturbation Platform, The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. +Copyright (c) 2024 Genetic Perturbation Platform, The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. [![Build Status](https://github.com/broadinstitute/poolq/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/broadinstitute/poolq/actions/workflows/ci.yml) @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Copyright (c) 2022 Genetic Perturbation Platform, The Broad Institute of Harvard PoolQ is a counter for indexed samples from next-generation sequencing of pooled DNA. Given a set of sequencing data files (FASTQ, SAM, or BAM), and a pair of reference files mapping DNA barcodes -to construct or experimental identifiers, PoolQ reads the sequencing data and tallies the +to construct or experimental identifiers, PoolQ reads the sequencing data and tallies the co-occurrence of each pair of barcodes from the two files, yielding a two-dimensional histogram. -The barcodes in one reference file are treated as rows in the histogram; the other correspond to +The barcodes in one reference file are treated as rows in the histogram; the other correspond to columns. PoolQ is capable of locating barcodes within reads using a variety of techniques: @@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ It matches barcodes to reference data either exactly or allowing up to one base PoolQ does not support matching with gaps or deletions. In addition to producing a histogram, PoolQ generates a number of reports, which contain statistics and -other information that can be used to troubleshoot experiments. These include match percentages, barcode +other information that can be used to troubleshoot experiments. These include match percentages, barcode locations, matching correlations between barcodes, and lists of frequently-occurring unknown barcodes. ## Documentation -For information on how to run PoolQ and its various modes and options, please see the +For information on how to run PoolQ and its various modes and options, please see the [manual](docs/MANUAL.md). We also maintain a [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) listing updates made to PoolQ. -As of version 3.5.0, the source code to PoolQ is available under a [BSD 3-clause license](LICENSE). We +As of version 3.5.0, the source code to PoolQ is available under a [BSD 3-clause license](LICENSE). We welcome contributions to PoolQ and have created a [contributor guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). Additionally, -we maintain a [list](NOTICE.txt) of other open-source libraries PoolQ depends on, along with links to +we maintain a [list](NOTICE.txt) of other open-source libraries PoolQ depends on, along with links to associated licenses. ## Changes in PoolQ 3 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PoolQ was completely rewritten for version 3. The new code is faster and the cod and more maintainable. We have taken the opportunity to make other changes to PoolQ as well. * There are substantial changes to the command-line interface for the program. -* The default counts file format has changed slightly, although there is a command-line +* The default counts file format has changed slightly, although there is a command-line argument that indicates that PoolQ 3 should write a backwards-compatible counts file. The differences are in headers only; file parsers should be able to adapt easily. * The quality file has changed somewhat. Importantly, the definition of certain statistics has changed @@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ See the [manual](docs/MANUAL.md) for complete details on the differences version ## PoolQ 2 support -We will continue to make the PoolQ 2.4 artifacts available for download on the +We will continue to make the PoolQ 2.4 artifacts available for download on the [GPP portal](https://portals.broadinstitute.org/gpp/public/software/poolq). We have no plans to add -features to the code. We will address bugs on a case-by-case basis; in general only critical +features to the code. We will address bugs on a case-by-case basis; in general only critical bugfixes will be ported to versions prior to 2.4, effective immediately. -## Maintainers +## Maintainers -PoolQ was originally developed by John Sullivan and Shuba Gopal of the Broad Institute RNAi Platform. It +PoolQ was originally developed by John Sullivan and Shuba Gopal of the Broad Institute RNAi Platform. It is maintained by Mark Tomko of the Broad Institute Genetic Perturbation Platform. ## Contact Us diff --git a/docs/MANUAL.md b/docs/MANUAL.md index da53a9b..954dba9 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL.md +++ b/docs/MANUAL.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PoolQ is a counter for indexed samples from next-gen sequencing of pooled DNA. -_This documentation covers PoolQ version 3.7.0 (last updated 09/05/2023)._ +_This documentation covers PoolQ version 3.10.0 (last updated 02/08/2024)._ ## Background @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ PoolQ you will need a Java 8 JDK. You can download an appropriate JRE or JDK fro You can download PoolQ from an as yet undetermined location. The file you download is a ZIP file that you will need to unzip. In most cases, this is as simple as right-clicking on the zip file, and selecting something like "extract contents" from the popup menu. This will create a new folder on -your computer named `poolq-3.7.0`, with the following contents: +your computer named `poolq-3.10.0`, with the following contents: - `poolq3.jar` - `poolq3.bat` @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ how to launch programs from the command line on your given operating system. If you successfully launched PoolQ, you should see a usage message explaining all of the command-line options: - poolq3 3.7.0 + poolq3 3.10.0 Usage: poolq [options] --row-reference reference file for row barcodes (i.e., constructs) @@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ command-line options: --umi-counts-dir --umi-barcode-counts-dir --quality + --condition-barcode-counts-summary --counts --normalized-counts --barcode-counts @@ -661,6 +662,7 @@ command-line options: --correlation --run-info --unexpected-sequence-threshold + --unexpected-sequence-sample-pct --unexpected-sequences --umi-quality --unexpected-sequence-cache