vanessa/cowsay repository overview

⁠Scientific Filesystem Container Builder

For the builder on Github, see here⁠

This is a template repository for building, testing, and deploying reproducible containers. Here we combine three technologies to handle each of the following:

• Reproducibility of software is handled by container technology
• Discoverability and Transparency are handled by installing our software in the container via a Scientific Filesystem⁠[cite⁠]. SCIF also lets us install the same dependencies across container technologies.
• Testing is handled by continuous integration, which understands how to interact with a scientific filesystem.

Each of these components plays a slightly different and equally important role. Without SCIF, we could have the same container with commands to execute known software inside, but the container would largely remain a black box with software mixed amongst the base operating system. Without container technologies, you could install software on your host, but (as we all know) this would likely not be a portable solution. Without testing, we couldn't be sure that our software works as we intended, and is ready to plug into some pipeline tool. Check out the documentation⁠ to get started to clone the template, write your container recipe, and then build --> test --> deploy!

Note that the original work was done for this project⁠, and refactored here to be more general. If you have any questions or issues, please don't hesitate to reach out⁠.