Compression MIME addition and checksum identification expanded

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ---
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+---
+
+## [5.1.0] - 2024-07-08
 ### Added
 - Add validation flowchart
 - Add support for unmapped BAM
+- Add additional MIME type for GZIP compressed files
+- Add support for checksum files formatted with any whitespace separator
+
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 ## [5.0.0] - 2024-02-16

pipeval/generate_checksum/checksum.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def _validate_checksums(path:Path):
 def _compare_hash(hash_type:str, path:Path, hash_path:Path):
     ''' Compares existing hash to generated hash '''
     # Read only the hash and not the filename for comparison
-    existing_hash = hash_path.read_text().split(' ')[0].strip()
+    existing_hash = hash_path.read_text().split()[0].strip()
 
     if hash_type == 'md5':
         return existing_hash == _generate_md5(path)

pipeval/validate/files.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ def _identify_compression(path:Path):
     ''' Identify compression type and returns appropriate file handler '''
     compression_handlers = {
         'application/x-gzip': gzip.open,
+        'application/gzip': gzip.open,
         'application/x-bzip2': bz2.open
     }