7ab07c9ed7ee4fa16601a8ec4b8ba7931ef487be
jcasper
  Sun Jun 7 01:11:21 2026 -0700
Installing updated hg.conf files from UCSC servers

diff --git confs/hgwdev.hg.conf confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
index 24f01f1d5cb..0a4e5fdda8b 100644
--- confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
+++ confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
@@ -487,42 +487,45 @@
 genarkLiftOver=on
 
 # Enables the gear and x icon for hgTracks
 #greyBarIcons=on
 
 # very experimental, only on hgwdev: support for an embedded IGV track, see #36337
 showIgv=on
 
 # Enables approved hgLogin redirect
 #login.approvedReturn=https://genome-preview.ucsc.edu/
 
 # Enables single path loading for bigBed. Also, affects bigGenePred and bigPsl.
 #bigBedOnePath=on
 
 ######## enables liftRequest functions:
-# chainFileRequestEmail=hiram@soe.ucsc.edu,mhaeussl@ucsc.edu
 chainFileRequestEmail=chain-file-request-group@ucsc.edu
 apiFromEmail=genome-www@soe.ucsc.edu
 # table name in hgcentral to record requests for otto jobs
 ottoTable=ottoRequest
 # set to 0 for unlimited per-day
 liftDailyLimit=3
 
 # calculate GC track on the fly
 gcOnTheFly=on
 # allow the track to appear even if gc5Base or gc5BaseBw are already there
 gcOnTheFlyCoExist=off
 
 # allow most tracks to have an override color that ignores trackDb and the item coloring
 showColorPicker=on
 
 # Show chromosome aliases on hgTracks
 showAliases=on
 
 # Enable/disable myVariants feature
 doMyVariants=on
 
-# Set a limit on how many IP addresses can use the same hguid before a forced captcha check
+# Set a limit on how many IP addresses can use the same hguid before a forced captcha check, see #37494
 hguidIpTracking.enabled=on
 
 bottleneck.host=hgwdev
 bottleneck.port=17776
+
+# Ordered comma-separated list of genePred tables tried when resolving "<symbol> exon <N>" searches.
+# First table with a matching gene symbol wins.  Remove or reorder to suit the assembly.
+geneTracks=ncbiRefSeqSelect,knownGene,ncbiRefSeq,ncbiRefSeqHistorical