Thomas K
04/13/2026, 1:15 PMnf-core swf update
2. Then there was this intermediate question
WARNING All modules and subworkflows linked to the updated subworkflow will be automatically updated.
It is advised to keep all your modules and subworkflows up to date.
It is not guaranteed that a subworkflow will continue working as expected if all modules/subworkflows used in it are not up to date.
? Would you like to continue updating all modules and subworkflows? No
INFO Updates complete โจ
3. I chose "No" because I thought this would refer to all modules and swf in my pipeline. (which I really don't want to do!)
4. Now, the new bcl_demultiplex swf is missing the multiqcsav module. I assume the previous decision was about updating all modules/subworkflows linked to bcl_demultiplex? This message in (2) was confusing/misleading to me.
5. Then I tried nf-core swf update again, as well as nf-core m update and nf-core m install but they all end up in an error now
$ nf-core m install
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nf-core/tools version 3.5.2 - <https://nf-co.re>
ERROR 'multiqcsav'
6. Now it seems that I broke nf-core tools on my side, likely because the modules.json doesn't match my present modules (multiqcsav missing). I could patch this by hand copying all the files from the multiqcsav module plus editing the modules.json. But is there a ways to fix this via nf-core tools?mashehu
04/13/2026, 1:19 PM--force? and run the command with nf-core --verbose swf installThomas K
04/13/2026, 1:22 PM$ nf-core m install --force multiqcsav
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`._,._,'
nf-core/tools version 3.5.2 - <https://nf-co.re>
ERROR 'multiqcsav'mashehu
04/13/2026, 1:23 PM--verbose and can post your modules.jon heremashehu
04/13/2026, 1:32 PM/pathToMyHome/.config/nfcore and retry?Thomas K
04/13/2026, 1:37 PM$ nf-core --verbose swf install
still resulting in
ERROR 'multiqcsav'mashehu
04/13/2026, 1:38 PMThomas K
04/13/2026, 1:39 PMThomas K
04/13/2026, 1:40 PMmashehu
04/13/2026, 1:40 PMmashehu
04/13/2026, 1:42 PMnf-core m install multiqcsavThomas K
04/13/2026, 1:43 PM$ nf-core m install multiqcsav
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| \| | \__, \__/ | \ |___ \`-._,-`-,
`._,._,'
nf-core/tools version 3.5.2 - <https://nf-co.re>
ERROR 'multiqcsav'mashehu
04/13/2026, 1:44 PMmashehu
04/13/2026, 1:47 PMnf-core m info multiqcsav works for you?Thomas K
04/13/2026, 1:48 PM$ nf-core m info multiqcsav
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`._,._,'
nf-core/tools version 3.5.2 - <https://nf-co.re>
ERROR 'multiqcsav'mashehu
04/13/2026, 1:49 PM<home>/.config/nfcore and /<home>/.config/nf-core (if they exist)mashehu
04/13/2026, 2:03 PMThomas K
04/13/2026, 2:05 PM~/.config/nfcore/nf-core/modules$ git status
Refresh index: 100% (10625/10625), done.
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
It took 3.91 seconds to enumerate untracked files.
See 'git help status' for information on how to improve this.
nothing to commit, working tree cleanThomas K
04/13/2026, 2:34 PM