name: picard_mergesamfiles
description: Merges multiple BAM files into a single file
keywords:
    - merge
    - alignment
    - bam
    - sam
tools:
    - picard:
        description: |
            A set of command line tools (in Java) for manipulating high-throughput sequencing (HTS)
            data and formats such as SAM/BAM/CRAM and VCF.
        homepage: https://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/
        documentation: https://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/
params:
    - outdir:
        type: string
        description: |
            The pipeline's output directory. By default, the module will
            output files into `$params.outdir/<SOFTWARE>`
    - publish_dir_mode:
        type: string
        description: |
            Value for the Nextflow `publishDir` mode parameter.
            Available: symlink, rellink, link, copy, copyNoFollow, move.
    - enable_conda:
        type: boolean
        description: |
            Run the module with Conda using the software specified
            via the `conda` directive
input:
    - meta:
        type: map
        description: |
            Groovy Map containing sample information
            e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
    - bam:
        type: file
        description: List of BAM files
        pattern: "*.{bam}"
output:
    - meta:
        type: map
        description: |
            Groovy Map containing sample information
            e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
    - bam:
        type: file
        description: Merged BAM file
        pattern: "*.{bam}"
    - version:
        type: file
        description: File containing software version
        pattern: "*.{version.txt}"
authors:
    - "@drpatelh"