Set INFO Description in VCF Header

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Daniel Cook

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May 24, 2017, 3:00:53 PM5/24/17
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Is it possible to set the Description in the VCF Header?

e.g.:

Change 'calculated by self of overlapping values in column 5 from test_vcf.bed.gz' to something more meaningful.

##INFO=<ID=distance_from_variant_mean,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="calculated by self of overlapping values in column 5 from test_vcf.bed.gz">

Brent Pedersen

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May 24, 2017, 3:09:54 PM5/24/17
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This is often requested, e.g.:
https://github.com/brentp/vcfanno/issues/63
and:
https://github.com/brentp/vcfanno/issues/65
but I've been hesitant to add it because it adds complexity for the
user for something that could be accomplished with sed.

I'll have a look at adding this for the next release.

-Brent
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