b6aee4c6471cddebd638fec8dbb988c29a69bc22
markd
  Thu Apr 23 21:58:41 2026 -0700
import of GENCODE V50, MV39, and V50lift37; added a command to do import with a single command

diff --git src/hg/makeDb/outside/gencode/bin/gencodeMakeTracks src/hg/makeDb/outside/gencode/bin/gencodeMakeTracks
index 1b69571cceb..4c464ba8a52 100755
--- src/hg/makeDb/outside/gencode/bin/gencodeMakeTracks
+++ src/hg/makeDb/outside/gencode/bin/gencodeMakeTracks
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import sys
 import os
 myBinDir = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(myBinDir, "../lib"))
-sys.path.append(os.path.expanduser("/hive/groups/browser/pycbio/lib"))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(myBinDir, "../lib"))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.expanduser("/hive/groups/browser/pycbio/lib"))
 import argparse
 from pycbio.sys.symEnum import SymEnum
 from gencode.gencodeGenes import GencodeGenes, GencodeFunction, GencodeTag
 
 GencodeSubset = SymEnum("GencodeSubset", ("pseudogene", "basic", "comp"))
 
 
 def parseArgs():
     desc = """%prog [options] gencodeSubset gencodeGp gencodeAttrs outGp
 
     Extracts genePred records for a track based on various criteria and sort
     results.
 """
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=desc)
     parser.add_argument("gencodeSubset", type=GencodeSubset, choices=GencodeSubset,