spectra-cluster-2

A complete re-write of the spectra-cluster codebase

Development status

This is a list of planned and already integrated key features of the tool:

• [x] Use binary representation of spectra for clustering
• [x] Cluster MGF files
• [x] Create storage systems to store spectrum properties and clustering results
• [x] Out-of-memory processing of large files
• [x] Write spectral libraries in MSP format
• [x] Multi-threading support
• [ ] Support clustering files as input to clustering process for incremental clustering
• [ ] Include different algorithms to create consensus spectra

Release process using jgitflow

Releases are currently performed using the jgitflow plugin.

The jgitflow plugin (or git-flow in general) uses different branches to keep track of the development cycle. As in our current concept, the master branch only contains stable code, while development is done in the develop branch.

Additionally, separate branches can be created to start working on a feature or a hotfix (these terms are used by git-flow).

To start a release, use mvn jgitflow:release-start. This will create a new branch for that releast. Once work on the release is complete, mvn jgitflow:release-finish can be used to finally create it.