Introduces a new `merge` CLI subcommand and underlying implementation to consolidate multiple pre-indexed k-mer indexes into a single output. Adds `append_column` methods to persistent bit and int matrices to enable incremental genome column expansion without rebuilding the MPHF. Includes new error variants for index readiness and configuration mismatches, adds a `--force` flag to the index command, and updates documentation and navigation structure accordingly.
Formalize the two-phase MPHF indexing architecture and update Phase 6 to use `evidence.bin` for direct kmer extraction. Simplify the evidence and unitig storage layouts to flat packed formats enabling O(1) random access. Introduce aggregation traits (`ColumnWeights`, `CountPartials`, `BitPartials`) to support additive distance metric decomposition across partitions. Narrow the documented scope from metagenomic to individual genome datasets, and replace speculative open questions with concrete implementation specifications.
Introduces `partial_jaccard_dist` to return raw intersection and union counts, improving Jaccard distance flexibility. Corrects `not()` to explicitly zero padding bits in the final word, ensuring accurate bit-counting for partially-filled words. Adds an optimized `build_from_counts` constructor.
Introduces `PersistentBitMatrix` and `PersistentCompactIntMatrix` to replace single-file vector storage with a column-major, directory-based layout. Each column is persisted as an individual file alongside a lightweight `meta.json` for dimension tracking. Migrates `obilayeredmap` to use these multi-column structures, updating Rust APIs, query return types, and build signatures. Includes comprehensive documentation, unit and integration tests for persistence and accessors, and refactors distance calculation helpers.
Replace the hardcoded `Counts` module with a generic `LayerData` trait, parameterizing `Layer` and `LayeredMap` over arbitrary payload types. This decouples read-path access from build-path logic, enabling both set membership and count-based indexing via `PersistentCompactIntVec`. Adds the `obicompactvec` dependency, implements streaming layer construction, and expands test coverage for persistence and multi-layer resolution.
Introduce the `obicompactvec` crate, featuring a two-tier, memory-mapped integer vector that uses a primary `u8` array with a sentinel for overflow dispatch and a sparse L1-resident index for fast random access. Implement builder and reader modules with zero-copy serialization and comprehensive test coverage. Update `obilayeredmap` to replace the default hash function with a cache-line-optimized `Mphf`, adding explicit bounds checking and duplicate-slot detection. Add documentation for both modules and update project configuration files accordingly.
Introduce the `obilayeredmap` specification and persistent MPHF-based index architecture for incremental multi-dataset indexing. Implement chunked binary serialization with a fixed `u8` k-mer count limit (256) and overlapping super-kmer segments. Add memory-mapped I/O and a companion `.idx` index file for allocation-free, O(1) unitig access. Update MkDocs navigation, enhance the k-mer comparison script, and add comprehensive tests for serialization, partitioning, and file I/O pipelines.
Eric Coissac