The command now supports reopening existing indexes instead of failing when the output file exists. Control flow branches between opening an existing index and constructing a new one, moving configuration setup exclusively to the creation path. Directory existence is enforced upfront with proper I/O error propagation. The --force flag retains its original semantics by removing the target directory before proceeding with a fresh build.
Introduces a Make-based orchestration for simulating, indexing, merging, filtering, and verifying k-mer counts and presence. Exposes internal builder and iterator APIs publicly, enforces mandatory leading slashes for predicate patterns, registers the `obitaxonomy` crate, and updates tooling configurations alongside documentation.
Replaces parallel random-access unitig iteration with a sequential mmap-based iterator for MPHF construction, eliminating the build-time `.idx` dependency by deferring index generation until after persistence. Updates `CLAUDE.md` to treat existing code as a hypothesis, mandating proactive removal of obsolete legacy constructs rather than preserving them out of inertia.
Replace `ph` with `ptr_hash` and introduce `epserde` and `rayon` dependencies. Refactor MPHF construction to leverage parallel iteration, eliminating intermediate `Vec<u64>` allocations and reducing memory footprint. Add a `n_kmers` field to track and serialize total kmer counts, alongside three zero-allocation iterators for efficient chunk traversal. Include comprehensive unit tests for the new iterators and update CLAUDE.md to enforce explicit dependency validation policies.
Centralize k-mer and minimizer configuration using a thread-safe global module, and replace manual bit-packing with a memory-efficient `PackedSeq` type. Refactor core sequence and k-mer types to use compile-time length enforcement and centralized hashing. Introduce a new De Bruijn graph implementation with compact node encoding and traversal iterators. Update I/O, partitioning, and builder modules to align with the new architecture, and add the `xxhash-rust` dependency.
Eric Coissac