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/
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}"
    - versions:
        type: file
        description: File containing software versions
        pattern: "versions.yml"
authors:
    - "@drpatelh"