Multiple versions of a workflow from dockstore?
Is it possible to import multiple versions of the same workflow from the dockstore as different tools? I would like to have mytool:v1.0 and mytool:v2.0 for example. (These correspond to different tags in the mytool Github repo, and to different versions in the dockstore)
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Yes it is possible, but the version name in Dockstore may not automatically appear in the Tool tab as it does for the methods in the Firecloud repository. So, when hosting multiple versions it may be a good idea to put the version information into the tool name itself. Colons may not work well in the tool name, I would recommend using lowercase and dashes.
mytool-v-1
mytool-v-2
Please let us know if you have follow up questions.
I tried adding another version of the tool by going to "Tools" -> "Find a tool" -> "Dockstore". I select the tool, click "Launch with Terra" and select the destination workspace. When I click "Import" I then get:
How do I go about giving this version of the workflow a different name?
Hi @aryee
You are correct, it is not possible to rename the tool when importing with Terra. It was previously possible to rename the tool by importing it into the Firecloud version of the workspace (and this option is still available).
Here is how a tool import looks in Terra versus Firecloud. It would be nice to be able to rename the tools when it is imported or have some other tag to allow the hosting of multiple versions of the same tool in the workspace. I am going to repost this information on the Feature Request Page. In the meantime, manually renaming the tool using the Firecloud import option is the only way to accomplish this particular task, as far as I can tell.
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