682ab35733635575cc4c65b1f639e5be9f0080f2
jcasper
  Sun Aug 2 01:11:14 2026 -0700
Installing updated hg.conf files from UCSC servers

diff --git confs/hgwdev.hg.conf confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
index a502b3dced2..0ca736c4bd4 100644
--- confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
+++ confs/hgwdev.hg.conf
@@ -325,31 +325,31 @@
 #httpsCertCheckDomainExceptions=noHardwiredExceptions *.upf.edu *.igh.cnrs.fr *.med.umich.edu
 
 
 # Log visible tracks to error_log
 trackLog=on
 
 # location of CRAM reference sequences
 cramRef=../userdata/cramCache
 #showTableCache=tableList
 
 # Make a custom track with BLAT results
 #useBlatBigPsl=on
 #JKSQL_TRACE=on
 #
 #This following turns on short links for hgSession, allowing the redirect.
-#hgSession.shortLink=on
+hgSession.shortLink=on
 
 # Separate directory for files that belong to saved sessions (hgSession).
 # The path must be absolute (starts with /).
 # This directory must be on the same filesystem as trash/ so hard links work.
 # The purpose of this directory is to allow automated cleaning of old files
 # from trash/ while keeping saved session files safe in a different location.
 sessionDataDir=/data/apache/userdata/sessions
 sessionDataDirOld=/data/apache/userdata
 
 # Name prefix of 31 separate databases (one for each day of month, on same
 # server as customTrash, using customTracks.* profile) for custom track
 # database tables that belong to users' saved sessions, analogous to
 # sessionDataDir setting for saved session files.
 # The databases must be named as this prefix followed by {01, 02, 03, ... 31}.
 # For example, if the value is "customData" then the databases are named
@@ -486,45 +486,44 @@
 # Enables genark hubs to appear in assembly dropdowns for hgConvert/hgLiftOver
 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=chain-file-request-group@ucsc.edu
-apiFromEmail=genome-www@soe.ucsc.edu
-
 # 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
 
+# Link from the Convert page to the alignment request page, refs #37973
+showLiftRequest=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, 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
 
 # Allow changing of item color via right click
 canColorItems=on