02f4db8b8cb4a5fce01f05c91f2dd48bb4e4b1ac
hiram
  Tue May 20 15:05:30 2025 -0700
indicate how the alpha version can be seen on genome-test refs #34917

diff --git src/hg/makeDb/doc/tiberius.txt src/hg/makeDb/doc/tiberius.txt
index e36b2884e4e..62ebc4f6821 100644
--- src/hg/makeDb/doc/tiberius.txt
+++ src/hg/makeDb/doc/tiberius.txt
@@ -195,30 +195,42 @@
   grep check test.down.log | tail -3
   printf "#### done with ${clade}\n"
 }
 
 for C in primates plants invertebrate legacy \
  birds fish fungi mammals vertebrate viral bacteria
 do
   runOne "${C}" &
 done
 
 printf "waiting . . .\n"
 wait
 printf ". . . exit\n"
 exit $?
 
+#############################################################################
+### viewing the 'alpha' release version on genome-test
+#############################################################################
+
+### it is possible to view the 'alpha' release version on genome-test
+### the linkOne.sh script above created this alpha.hub.txt file:
+
+  https://genome-test.gi.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTracks?genome=GCA_000001905.1&hubUrl=/gbdb/genark/GCA/000/001/905/GCA_000001905.1/alpha.hub.txt
+
+### perhaps a ReWrite rule on the apache on hgwdev could make this viewing
+### easier than this complicated path.
+
 #############################################################################
 ### beta and public release control
 #############################################################################
 
 ### the release of this track is controlled by two files in trackDb:
 
    makeDb/trackDb/betaGenArk.txt
    makeDb/trackDb/publicGenArk.txt
 
 ### cat publicGenArk.txt betaGenArk.txt
 # the listing in this file triggers the building of the public.hub.txt
 # file in the genark system.  Any contrib project listed here will be included
 # contrib track name: tracks found in <buildDir>/contrib/<thisName>/
 tiberius
 # the listing in this file triggers the building of the beta.hub.txt