Source code for snakemake.ioflags

from snakemake.io import flag, is_flagged




def update(value):
    """
    A flag for an output file that shall be updated instead of overwritten.
    """
    return flag(value, "update")





def before_update(value):
    """
    Flag an input file to be used as is in storage/on-disk before being updated
    in a later rule.
    This flag leads to the input file being considered as not being created by any other
    job.
    """
    return flag(value, "before_update")





def register_in_globals(_globals):
    _globals.update(
        {
            "update": update,
            "before_update": before_update,
        }
    )