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Make longer alias strings possible in demux #840

Open simondrue opened 1 month ago

simondrue commented 1 month ago

Hi,

I'm using the demux tool in Dorado, and I am very happy about the feature to translate barcode IDs to user inputted sample names (aliases) from a sample sheet. However, you have set a max limit on the number of characters one can input:

https://github.com/nanoporetech/dorado/blob/71cc74429f0daa43f1ca32b203b2af569b1e6386/dorado/utils/SampleSheet.cpp#L16

Would it be possible to raise this value or completely get rid of it? For my specific case i want to be able to name a sample e.g. "F001-0003_col5a2-Ex29(c.1976C>T)_wt1_N411-316" which includes information about a specific experiment and the sample ID from out lab.

Thanks for a great tool,

/Simon