#1959 Adding subset of metagrootdb Pull request opened by angelphanth Please fill in the appropriate checklist below (delete whatever is not relevant). These are the most common things requested when adding a new test dataset. • Check here that there isn't already a branch containing data that could be used • If this is the case, follow the documentation on how to use an existing test dataset • Fork the nf-core/test-datasets repository to your GitHub account • Create a new branch on your fork • Check your proposed test data follows the guidelines • Add your test dataset • If you clone it locally use

git clone <url> --branch <branch> --single-branch

• Make a PR on a new branch with a relevant name • Wait for the PR to be merged • Use this newly created branch for your tests --- This pull request adds detailed documentation to the

testdata/metagroot/README.md

file, describing how to generate a test HMM dataset for MetagRoot. The new instructions clarify the process for obtaining, preparing, and packaging the test data. Documentation improvements: • Added step-by-step instructions for downloading, extracting, concatenating, compressing, scanning, subsetting, and repackaging HMM profile files to create a test dataset, including example shell commands. • Clarified the difference between the

HMM.tar.gz

and

subset_metagroot.hmm

files, and provided references to the original data sources. nf-core/test-datasets