ca3e7270f30b554962e47a8ee1cec08a00de5862
hiram
  Fri Sep 11 16:24:26 2026 -0700
silence claude noise refs #38290

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+Track construction:  DONE - Hiram - 2026-09-01
+
+mkdir /hive/data/outside/genark/RCPediaVGP_v1
+cd /hive/data/outside/genark/RCPediaVGP_v1
+
+# verify the source track hub
+time (hubCheck -verbose=2 \
+  'https://genome.ucsc.edu/hubspace/0d/rmercuri/RCPVGP_v0.3/hub.txt') \
+     > check.log 2>&1
+
+real    0m12.107s
+user    0m8.830s
+sys     0m1.093s
+
+# nothing unusual seen in check.log
+
+# fetch the original hub:
+
+time hubClone -download \
+   'https://genome.ucsc.edu/hubspace/0d/rmercuri/RCPVGP_v0.3/hub.txt'
+
+real    1m3.135s
+user    0m30.869s
+sys     0m8.490s
+
+# local data size:
+
+du -hsc RCPediaVGP_v1
+80M     RCPediaVGP_v1
+
+# All of the trackDb.txt files can be the same.  Take one of them
+#   and edit it down to have generic names instead of everything specific
+
+cp -p RCPediaVGP_v1/GCF_028885655.1/trackDb.GCF_028885655.2.txt \
+   ./RCPediaVGP_v1.trackDb.txt
+
+# edit that trackDb.txt to read:
+
+track RCPediaVGP_v1
+shortLabel RCPedia VGP
+longLabel Retrocopies Encyclopedia - VGP v1 assemblies September 2026
+type bigGenePred
+bigDataUrl contrib/RCPediaVGP_v1/retrocopies.bb
+html contrib/RCPediaVGP_v1/retrocopies.html
+group genes
+visibility dense
+
+# and check it into the source tree
+#   ~/kent/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/contrib/RCPediaVGP_v1/RCPediaVGP_v1.trackDb.txt
+
+# Same procedure for the html documentation page, copy one:
+
+#  RCPediaVGP_v1/GCF_028885655.1/myTrackDocs.html
+
+# into the source tree and edit to conform to UCSC style in:
+#   ~/kent/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/contrib/RCPediaVGP_v1/retrocopies.html
+
+# the mkSymLinks.sh will transform the user's unique file names into
+#    simple generic names the same for every track.
+#  ~/kent/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/contrib/RCPediaVGP_v1/mkSymLinks.sh