Important! Template update for nf-core/tools v4.0.1

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/devcontainers/spec/main/schemas/devContainer.schema.json",
     "name": "nfcore",
     "image": "nfcore/devcontainer:latest",
 

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ These are the most common things requested on pull requests (PRs).
 
 Remember that PRs should be made against the dev branch, unless you're preparing a pipeline release.
 
-Learn more about contributing: [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nf-core/references/tree/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+Learn more about contributing: [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nf-core/references/tree/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 -->
 
 ## PR checklist
 
 - [ ] This comment contains a description of changes (with reason).
 - [ ] If you've fixed a bug or added code that should be tested, add tests!
-- [ ] If you've added a new tool - have you followed the pipeline conventions in the [contribution docs](https://github.com/nf-core/references/tree/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [ ] If you've added a new tool - have you followed the pipeline conventions in the [contribution docs](https://github.com/nf-core/references/tree/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 - [ ] If necessary, also make a PR on the nf-core/references _branch_ on the [nf-core/test-datasets](https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets) repository.
 - [ ] Make sure your code lints (`nf-core pipelines lint`).
 - [ ] Ensure the test suite passes (`nextflow run . -profile test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>`).

.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Install nf-test
-      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@4069fbbaabe94c08faba4ad261bfa88225ba133f # v2
       with:
         version: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
     - name: Get number of shards

.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml

@@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Setup Nextflow
-      uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@b4ec1bc7c16a94435159de94a05253542fddf6ef # v3
       with:
         version: "${{ env.NXF_VERSION }}"
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
+      uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
       with:
         python-version: "3.14"
 
     - name: Install nf-test
-      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@4069fbbaabe94c08faba4ad261bfa88225ba133f # v2
       with:
         version: "${{ env.NFT_VER }}"
         install-pdiff: true
 
     - name: Setup apptainer
       if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
-      uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@main
+      uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@3f706d898c9db585b1d741b4692e66755f3a1b40 # v2
 
     - name: Set up Singularity
       if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Conda setup
       if: contains(inputs.profile, 'conda')
-      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@505e6394dae86d6a5c7fbb6e3fb8938e3e863830 # v3
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@8ee1f361103df19b6f8c8655fd3967a8ecb162d5 # v4
       with:
         auto-update-conda: true
         conda-solver: libmamba

.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "revision=${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'release') && github.sha || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
-        uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
+        uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@51565b514bff1827cf34620de25d0055759f1fc9 # v2
         # TODO nf-core: You can customise AWS full pipeline tests as required
         # Add full size test data (but still relatively small datasets for few samples)
         # on the `test_full.config` test runs with only one set of parameters
@@ -33,14 +33,33 @@ jobs:
           compute_env: ${{ vars.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
           revision: ${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}
           workdir: s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/references/work-${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}
+          nextflow_config: |
+            plugins {
+              id 'nf-slack@0.5.0'
+            }
+            slack {
+              enabled = true
+              bot {
+                token = '${{ secrets.NFSLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}'
+                channel = 'references'
+              }
+              onStart {
+                enabled = false
+              }
+              onComplete {
+                message = ':white_check_mark: *references/test_full* completed successfully! :tada:'
+              }
+              onError {
+                message = ':x: *references/test_full* failed :crying_cat_face:'
+              }
+            }
           parameters: |
             {
-              "hook_url": "${{ secrets.MEGATESTS_ALERTS_SLACK_HOOK_URL }}",
               "outdir": "s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/references/results-${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}"
             }
           profiles: test_full
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |

.github/workflows/awstest.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Launch workflow using Seqera Platform CLI tool action
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
-        uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
+        uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@51565b514bff1827cf34620de25d0055759f1fc9 # v2
         with:
           workspace_id: ${{ vars.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
           access_token: ${{ secrets.TOWER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             }
           profiles: test
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |

.github/workflows/branch.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       # NOTE - this doesn't currently work if the PR is coming from a fork, due to limitations in GitHub actions secrets
       - name: Post PR comment
         if: failure()
-        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@b8f338c590a895d50bcbfa6c5859251edc8952fc # v2
+        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@8e4927817251f1ff60c001f04568532b38e0b4a0 # v3
         with:
           message: |
             ## This PR is against the `${{github.event.pull_request.base.ref}}` branch :x:

.github/workflows/clean-up.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10
+      - uses: actions/stale@b5d41d4e1d5dceea10e7104786b73624c18a190f # v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: "This issue has been tagged as awaiting-changes or awaiting-feedback by an nf-core contributor. Remove stale label or add a comment otherwise this issue will be closed in 20 days."
           stale-pr-message: "This PR has been tagged as awaiting-changes or awaiting-feedback by an nf-core contributor. Remove stale label or add a comment if it is still useful."

.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml

@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: configure
     steps:
       - name: Install Nextflow
-        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
+        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@b4ec1bc7c16a94435159de94a05253542fddf6ef # v3
 
       - name: Disk space cleanup
         uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
         with:
           python-version: "3.14"
           architecture: "x64"
@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           apptainer-version: 1.3.4
 
+      - name: Read .nf-core.yml
+        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@9f13718d61111b69f30ab4ac683e67a56d254e1d # 1.1.0
+        id: read_yml
+        with:
+          config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/nf-core/tools.git
+          pip install nf-core==${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}
 
       - name: Make a cache directory for the container images
         run: |
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Upload Nextflow logfile for debugging purposes
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
         with:
           name: nextflow_logfile.txt
           path: .nextflow.log*