Release_2.7.1

[wintun12]

To merge the tested dev branch (release-2.7.1) to main

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[pep8speaks]

Hello @wintun12! Thanks for opening this PR. We checked the lines you've touched for PEP 8 issues, and found:

• In the file resources/home/dnanexus/generate_workbook/tests/test_columns.py:

Line 317:41: W605 invalid escape sequence '.' Line 329:80: E501 line too long (83 > 79 characters)

• In the file resources/home/dnanexus/generate_workbook/tests/test_vcf.py:

Line 119:5: E303 too many blank lines (2) Line 130:5: E303 too many blank lines (2) Line 142:5: E303 too many blank lines (2) Line 153:5: E303 too many blank lines (2) Line 405:9: E303 too many blank lines (2) Line 415:80: E501 line too long (82 > 79 characters)

• In the file resources/home/dnanexus/generate_workbook/utils/excel.py:

Line 1657:80: E501 line too long (83 > 79 characters)

• In the file resources/home/dnanexus/generate_workbook/utils/vcf.py:

Line 231:80: E501 line too long (82 > 79 characters) Line 280:5: E303 too many blank lines (2)