consensus.c

/* The MIT License

   Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Genome Research Ltd.

   Author: Petr Danecek <pd3@sanger.ac.uk>
   
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <strings.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <htslib/vcf.h>
#include <htslib/kstring.h>
#include <htslib/synced_bcf_reader.h>
#include <htslib/kseq.h>
#include <htslib/bgzf.h>
#include "regidx.h"
#include "bcftools.h"
#include "rbuf.h"
#include "filter.h"

// Logic of the filters: include or exclude sites which match the filters?
#define FLT_INCLUDE 1
#define FLT_EXCLUDE 2

#define PICK_REF   1
#define PICK_ALT   2
#define PICK_LONG  4
#define PICK_SHORT 8
#define PICK_IUPAC 16

typedef struct
{
    int num;                // number of ungapped blocks in this chain
    int *block_lengths;     // length of the ungapped blocks in this chain
    int *ref_gaps;          // length of the gaps on the reference sequence between blocks
    int *alt_gaps;          // length of the gaps on the alternative sequence between blocks
    int ori_pos;
    int ref_last_block_ori; // start position on the reference sequence of the following ungapped block (0-based)
    int alt_last_block_ori; // start position on the alternative sequence of the following ungapped block (0-based)
}
chain_t;


typedef struct
{
    kstring_t fa_buf;   // buffered reference sequence
    int fa_ori_pos;     // start position of the fa_buffer (wrt original sequence)
    int fa_frz_pos;     // protected position to avoid conflicting variants (last pos for SNPs/ins)
    int fa_mod_off;     // position difference of fa_frz_pos in the ori and modified sequence (ins positive)
    int fa_end_pos;     // region's end position in the original sequence
    int fa_length;      // region's length in the original sequence (in case end_pos not provided in the FASTA header)
    int fa_case;        // output upper case or lower case?
    int fa_src_pos;     // last genomic coordinate read from the input fasta (0-based)
    char prev_base;     // this is only to validate the REF allele in the VCF - the modified fa_buf cannot be used for inserts following deletions, see 600#issuecomment-383186778
    int prev_base_pos;  // the position of prev_base
    int prev_is_insert;

    rbuf_t vcf_rbuf;
    bcf1_t **vcf_buf;
    int nvcf_buf, rid;
    char *chr, *chr_prefix;

    regidx_t *mask;
    regitr_t *itr;

    int chain_id;       // chain_id, to provide a unique ID to each chain in the chain output
    chain_t *chain;     // chain structure to store the sequence of ungapped blocks between the ref and alt sequences
                        // Note that the chain is re-initialised for each chromosome/seq_region

    filter_t *filter;
    char *filter_str;
    int filter_logic;   // include or exclude sites which match the filters? One of FLT_INCLUDE/FLT_EXCLUDE

    bcf_srs_t *files;
    bcf_hdr_t *hdr;
    FILE *fp_out;
    FILE *fp_chain;
    char **argv;
    int argc, output_iupac, haplotype, allele, isample, napplied;
    char *fname, *ref_fname, *sample, *output_fname, *mask_fname, *chain_fname, missing_allele;
}
args_t;

static chain_t* init_chain(chain_t *chain, int ref_ori_pos)
{
//     fprintf(stderr, "init_chain(*chain, ref_ori_pos=%d)\n", ref_ori_pos);
    chain = (chain_t*) calloc(1,sizeof(chain_t));
    chain->num = 0;
    chain->block_lengths = NULL;
    chain->ref_gaps = NULL;
    chain->alt_gaps = NULL;
    chain->ori_pos = ref_ori_pos;
    chain->ref_last_block_ori = ref_ori_pos;
    chain->alt_last_block_ori = ref_ori_pos;
    return chain;
}

static void destroy_chain(args_t *args)
{
    chain_t *chain = args->chain;
    free(chain->ref_gaps);
    free(chain->alt_gaps);
    free(chain->block_lengths);
    free(chain);
    chain = NULL;
    free(args->chr);
    args->chr = NULL;
}

static void print_chain(args_t *args)
{
    /*
        Example chain format (see: https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/chain.html):
        chain 1 500 + 480 500 1 501 + 480 501 1
        12 3 1
        1 0 3
        484

        chain line is:
        - chain
        - score (sum of the length of ungapped block in this case)
        - ref_seqname (from the fasta header, parsed by htslib)
        - ref_seqlength (from the fasta header)
        - ref_strand (+ or -; always + for bcf-consensus)
        - ref_start (as defined in the fasta header)
        - ref_end (as defined in the fasta header)
        - alt_seqname (same as ref_seqname as bcf-consensus only considers SNPs and indels)
        - alt_seqlength (adjusted to match the length of the alt sequence)
        - alt_strand (+ or -; always + for bcf-consensus)
        - alt_start (same as ref_start, as no edits are recorded/applied before that position)
        - alt_end (adjusted to match the length of the alt sequence)
        - chain_num (just an auto-increment id)
        
        the other (sorted) lines are:
        - length of the ungapped alignment block
        - gap on the ref sequence between this and the next block (all but the last line)
        - gap on the alt sequence between this and the next block (all but the last line)
    */
    chain_t *chain = args->chain;
    int n = chain->num;
    int ref_end_pos = args->fa_length + chain->ori_pos;
    int last_block_size = ref_end_pos - chain->ref_last_block_ori;
    int alt_end_pos = chain->alt_last_block_ori + last_block_size;
    int score = 0;
    for (n=0; n<chain->num; n++) {
        score += chain->block_lengths[n];
    }
    score += last_block_size;
    fprintf(args->fp_chain, "chain %d %s %d + %d %d %s %d + %d %d %d\n", score, args->chr, ref_end_pos, chain->ori_pos, ref_end_pos, args->chr, alt_end_pos, chain->ori_pos, alt_end_pos, ++args->chain_id);
    for (n=0; n<chain->num; n++) {
        fprintf(args->fp_chain, "%d %d %d\n", chain->block_lengths[n], chain->ref_gaps[n], chain->alt_gaps[n]);
    }
    fprintf(args->fp_chain, "%d\n\n", last_block_size);
}

static void push_chain_gap(chain_t *chain, int ref_start, int ref_len, int alt_start, int alt_len)
{
//     fprintf(stderr, "push_chain_gap(*chain, ref_start=%d, ref_len=%d, alt_start=%d, alt_len=%d)\n", ref_start, ref_len, alt_start, alt_len);
    int num = chain->num;

    if (ref_start <= chain->ref_last_block_ori) {
        // In case this variant is back-to-back with the previous one
        chain->ref_last_block_ori = ref_start + ref_len;
        chain->alt_last_block_ori = alt_start + alt_len;
        chain->ref_gaps[num-1] += ref_len;
        chain->alt_gaps[num-1] += alt_len;

    } else {
        // Extend the ungapped blocks, store the gap length
        chain->block_lengths = (int*) realloc(chain->block_lengths, (num + 1) * sizeof(int));
        chain->ref_gaps = (int*) realloc(chain->ref_gaps, (num + 1) * sizeof(int));
        chain->alt_gaps = (int*) realloc(chain->alt_gaps, (num + 1) * sizeof(int));
        chain->block_lengths[num] = ref_start - chain->ref_last_block_ori;
        chain->ref_gaps[num] = ref_len;
        chain->alt_gaps[num] = alt_len;
        // Update the start positions of the next block
        chain->ref_last_block_ori = ref_start + ref_len;
        chain->alt_last_block_ori = alt_start + alt_len;
        // Increment the number of ungapped blocks
        chain->num++;
    }
}

static void init_data(args_t *args)
{
    args->files = bcf_sr_init();
    args->files->require_index = 1;
    if ( !bcf_sr_add_reader(args->files,args->fname) ) error("Failed to read from %s: %s\n", !strcmp("-",args->fname)?"standard input":args->fname, bcf_sr_strerror(args->files->errnum));
    args->hdr = args->files->readers[0].header;
    args->isample = -1;
    if ( args->sample )
    {
        args->isample = bcf_hdr_id2int(args->hdr,BCF_DT_SAMPLE,args->sample);
        if ( args->isample<0 ) error("No such sample: %s\n", args->sample);
    }
    if ( (args->haplotype || args->allele) && args->isample<0 )
    {
        if ( bcf_hdr_nsamples(args->hdr) > 1 ) error("The --sample option is expected with --haplotype\n");
        args->isample = 0;
    }
    if ( args->mask_fname )
    {
        args->mask = regidx_init(args->mask_fname,NULL,NULL,0,NULL);
        if ( !args->mask ) error("Failed to initialize mask regions\n");
        args->itr = regitr_init(args->mask);
    }
    // In case we want to store the chains
    if ( args->chain_fname )
    {
        args->fp_chain = fopen(args->chain_fname,"w");
        if ( ! args->fp_chain ) error("Failed to create %s: %s\n", args->chain_fname, strerror(errno));
        args->chain_id = 0;
    }
    rbuf_init(&args->vcf_rbuf, 100);
    args->vcf_buf = (bcf1_t**) calloc(args->vcf_rbuf.m, sizeof(bcf1_t*));
    if ( args->output_fname ) {
        args->fp_out = fopen(args->output_fname,"w");
        if ( ! args->fp_out ) error("Failed to create %s: %s\n", args->output_fname, strerror(errno));
    }
    else args->fp_out = stdout;
    if ( args->isample<0 ) fprintf(stderr,"Note: the --sample option not given, applying all records regardless of the genotype\n");
    if ( args->filter_str )
        args->filter = filter_init(args->hdr, args->filter_str);
}

static void destroy_data(args_t *args)
{
    if (args->filter) filter_destroy(args->filter);
    bcf_sr_destroy(args->files);
    int i;
    for (i=0; i<args->vcf_rbuf.m; i++)
        if ( args->vcf_buf[i] ) bcf_destroy1(args->vcf_buf[i]);
    free(args->vcf_buf);
    free(args->fa_buf.s);
    free(args->chr);
    if ( args->mask ) regidx_destroy(args->mask);
    if ( args->itr ) regitr_destroy(args->itr);
    if ( args->chain_fname )
        if ( fclose(args->fp_chain) ) error("Close failed: %s\n", args->chain_fname);
    if ( fclose(args->fp_out) ) error("Close failed: %s\n", args->output_fname);
}

static void init_region(args_t *args, char *line)
{
    char *ss, *se = line;
    while ( *se && !isspace(*se) && *se!=':' ) se++;
    int from = 0, to = 0;
    char tmp = 0, *tmp_ptr = NULL;
    if ( *se )
    {
        tmp = *se; *se = 0; tmp_ptr = se;
        ss = ++se;
        from = strtol(ss,&se,10);
        if ( ss==se || !*se || *se!='-' ) from = 0;
        else
        {
            from--;
            ss = ++se;
            to = strtol(ss,&se,10);
            if ( ss==se || (*se && !isspace(*se)) ) { from = 0; to = 0; }
            else to--;
        }
    }
    free(args->chr);
    args->chr = strdup(line);
    args->rid = bcf_hdr_name2id(args->hdr,line);
    if ( args->rid<0 ) fprintf(stderr,"Warning: Sequence \"%s\" not in %s\n", line,args->fname);
    args->prev_base_pos = -1;
    args->fa_buf.l  = 0;
    args->fa_length = 0;
    args->fa_end_pos = to;
    args->fa_ori_pos = from;
    args->fa_src_pos = from;
    args->fa_mod_off = 0;
    args->fa_frz_pos = -1;
    args->fa_case    = -1;
    args->vcf_rbuf.n = 0;
    bcf_sr_seek(args->files,line,args->fa_ori_pos);
    if ( tmp_ptr ) *tmp_ptr = tmp;
    fprintf(args->fp_out,">%s%s\n",args->chr_prefix?args->chr_prefix:"",line);
    if (args->chain_fname )
    {
        args->chain = init_chain(args->chain, args->fa_ori_pos);
    } else {
        args->chain = NULL;
    }
}

static bcf1_t **next_vcf_line(args_t *args)
{
    if ( args->vcf_rbuf.n )
    {
        int i = rbuf_shift(&args->vcf_rbuf);
        return &args->vcf_buf[i];
    }
    while ( bcf_sr_next_line(args->files) )
    {
        if ( args->filter )
        {
            int is_ok = filter_test(args->filter, bcf_sr_get_line(args->files,0), NULL);
            if ( args->filter_logic & FLT_EXCLUDE ) is_ok = is_ok ? 0 : 1;
            if ( !is_ok ) continue;
        }
        return &args->files->readers[0].buffer[0];
    }
    return NULL;
}
static void unread_vcf_line(args_t *args, bcf1_t **rec_ptr)
{
    bcf1_t *rec = *rec_ptr;
    if ( args->vcf_rbuf.n >= args->vcf_rbuf.m )
        error("FIXME: too many overlapping records near %s:%"PRId64"\n", bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);

    // Insert the new record in the buffer. The line would be overwritten in
    // the next bcf_sr_next_line call, therefore we need to swap it with an
    // unused one
    int i = rbuf_append(&args->vcf_rbuf);
    if ( !args->vcf_buf[i] ) args->vcf_buf[i] = bcf_init1();
    bcf1_t *tmp = rec; *rec_ptr = args->vcf_buf[i]; args->vcf_buf[i] = tmp;
}
static void flush_fa_buffer(args_t *args, int len)
{
    if ( !args->fa_buf.l ) return;

    int nwr = 0;
    while ( nwr + 60 <= args->fa_buf.l )
    {
        if ( fwrite(args->fa_buf.s+nwr,1,60,args->fp_out) != 60 ) error("Could not write: %s\n", args->output_fname);
        if ( fwrite("\n",1,1,args->fp_out) != 1 ) error("Could not write: %s\n", args->output_fname);
        nwr += 60;
    }
    if ( nwr )
        args->fa_ori_pos += nwr;

    if ( len )
    {
        // not finished on this chr yet and the buffer cannot be emptied completely
        if ( nwr && nwr < args->fa_buf.l )
            memmove(args->fa_buf.s,args->fa_buf.s+nwr,args->fa_buf.l-nwr);
        args->fa_buf.l -= nwr;
        return;
    }

    // empty the whole buffer
    if ( nwr == args->fa_buf.l ) { args->fa_buf.l = 0; return; }

    if ( fwrite(args->fa_buf.s+nwr,1,args->fa_buf.l - nwr,args->fp_out) != args->fa_buf.l - nwr ) error("Could not write: %s\n", args->output_fname);
    if ( fwrite("\n",1,1,args->fp_out) != 1 ) error("Could not write: %s\n", args->output_fname);

    args->fa_ori_pos += args->fa_buf.l - nwr - args->fa_mod_off;
    args->fa_mod_off = 0;
    args->fa_buf.l = 0;
}
static void apply_variant(args_t *args, bcf1_t *rec)
{
    static int warned_haplotype = 0;

    if ( rec->n_allele==1 && !args->missing_allele ) return;

    if ( args->mask )
    {
        char *chr = (char*)bcf_hdr_id2name(args->hdr,args->rid);
        int start = rec->pos;
        int end   = rec->pos + rec->rlen - 1;
        if ( regidx_overlap(args->mask, chr,start,end,NULL) ) return;
    }

    int i, ialt = 1;    // the alternate allele
    if ( args->isample >= 0 )
    {
        bcf_unpack(rec, BCF_UN_FMT);
        bcf_fmt_t *fmt = bcf_get_fmt(args->hdr, rec, "GT");
        if ( !fmt ) return;

        if ( fmt->type!=BCF_BT_INT8 )
            error("Todo: GT field represented with BCF_BT_INT8, too many alleles at %s:%"PRId64"?\n",bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
        uint8_t *ptr = fmt->p + fmt->size*args->isample;

        enum { use_hap, use_iupac, pick_one } action = use_hap;
        if ( args->allele==PICK_IUPAC )
        {
            if ( !bcf_gt_is_phased(ptr[0]) && !bcf_gt_is_phased(ptr[fmt->n-1]) ) action = use_iupac;
        }
        else if ( args->output_iupac ) action = use_iupac;
        else if ( !args->haplotype ) action = pick_one;

        if ( action==use_hap )
        {
            if ( args->haplotype > fmt->n )
            {
                if ( bcf_gt_is_missing(ptr[fmt->n-1]) || bcf_gt_is_missing(ptr[0]) )
                {
                    if ( !args->missing_allele ) return;
                    ialt = -1;
                }
                else 
                {
                    if ( !warned_haplotype )
                    {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Can't apply %d-th haplotype at %s:%"PRId64". (This warning is printed only once.)\n", args->haplotype,bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
                        warned_haplotype = 1;
                    }
                    return;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                ialt = (int8_t)ptr[args->haplotype-1];
                if ( bcf_gt_is_missing(ialt) || ialt==bcf_int8_vector_end )
                {
                    if ( !args->missing_allele ) return;
                    ialt = -1;
                }
                else 
                    ialt = bcf_gt_allele(ialt);
            }
        }
        else if ( action==use_iupac ) 
        {
            ialt = ptr[0];
            if ( bcf_gt_is_missing(ialt) || ialt==bcf_int32_vector_end )
            {
                if ( !args->missing_allele ) return;
                ialt = -1;
            }
            else
                ialt = bcf_gt_allele(ialt);

            int jalt;
            if ( fmt->n>1 )
            {
                jalt = ptr[1];
                if ( bcf_gt_is_missing(jalt) )
                {
                    if ( !args->missing_allele ) return;
                    ialt = -1;
                }
                else if ( jalt==bcf_int32_vector_end ) jalt = ialt;
                else
                    jalt = bcf_gt_allele(jalt);
            }
            else jalt = ialt;

            if ( ialt>=0 )
            {
                if ( rec->n_allele <= ialt || rec->n_allele <= jalt ) error("Invalid VCF, too few ALT alleles at %s:%"PRId64"\n", bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
                if ( ialt!=jalt && !rec->d.allele[ialt][1] && !rec->d.allele[jalt][1] ) // is this a het snp?
                {
                    char ial = rec->d.allele[ialt][0];
                    char jal = rec->d.allele[jalt][0];
                    if ( !ialt ) ialt = jalt;   // only ialt is used, make sure 0/1 is not ignored
                    rec->d.allele[ialt][0] = gt2iupac(ial,jal);
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            int is_hom = 1;
            for (i=0; i<fmt->n; i++)
            {
                if ( bcf_gt_is_missing(ptr[i]) )
                {
                    if ( !args->missing_allele ) return;  // ignore missing or half-missing genotypes
                    ialt = -1;
                    break;
                }
                if ( ptr[i]==(uint8_t)bcf_int8_vector_end ) break;
                ialt = bcf_gt_allele(ptr[i]);
                if ( i>0 && ialt!=bcf_gt_allele(ptr[i-1]) ) { is_hom = 0; break; }
            }
            if ( !is_hom )
            {
                int prev_len = 0, jalt;
                for (i=0; i<fmt->n; i++)
                {
                    if ( ptr[i]==(uint8_t)bcf_int8_vector_end ) break;
                    jalt = bcf_gt_allele(ptr[i]);
                    if ( rec->n_allele <= jalt ) error("Broken VCF, too few alts at %s:%"PRId64"\n", bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
                    if ( args->allele & (PICK_LONG|PICK_SHORT) )
                    {
                        int len = jalt==0 ? rec->rlen : strlen(rec->d.allele[jalt]);
                        if ( i==0 ) ialt = jalt, prev_len = len;
                        else if ( len == prev_len )
                        {
                            if ( args->allele & PICK_REF && jalt==0 ) ialt = jalt, prev_len = len;
                            else if ( args->allele & PICK_ALT && ialt==0 ) ialt = jalt, prev_len = len;
                        }
                        else if ( args->allele & PICK_LONG && len > prev_len ) ialt = jalt, prev_len = len;
                        else if ( args->allele & PICK_SHORT && len < prev_len ) ialt = jalt, prev_len = len;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if ( args->allele & PICK_REF && jalt==0 ) ialt = jalt;
                        else if ( args->allele & PICK_ALT && ialt==0 ) ialt = jalt;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if ( !ialt ) return;  // ref allele
        if ( rec->n_allele <= ialt ) error("Broken VCF, too few alts at %s:%"PRId64"\n", bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
    }
    else if ( args->output_iupac && !rec->d.allele[0][1] && !rec->d.allele[1][1] )
    {
        char ial = rec->d.allele[0][0];
        char jal = rec->d.allele[1][0];
        rec->d.allele[1][0] = gt2iupac(ial,jal);
    }

    if ( rec->n_allele==1 && ialt!=-1 ) return; // non-missing reference
    if ( ialt==-1 )
    {
        char alleles[4];
        alleles[0] = rec->d.allele[0][0];
        alleles[1] = ',';
        alleles[2] = args->missing_allele;
        alleles[3] = 0;
        bcf_update_alleles_str(args->hdr, rec, alleles);
        ialt = 1;
    }

    // Overlapping variant?
    if ( rec->pos <= args->fa_frz_pos )
    {
        // Can be still OK iff this is an insertion (and which does not follow another insertion, see #888).
        // This still may not be enough for more complicated cases with multiple duplicate positions
        // and other types in between. In such case let the user normalize the VCF and remove duplicates.
        int overlap = 0;
        if ( rec->pos < args->fa_frz_pos || !(bcf_get_variant_type(rec,ialt) & VCF_INDEL) ) overlap = 1;
        else if ( rec->d.var[ialt].n <= 0 || args->prev_is_insert ) overlap = 1;

        if ( overlap )
        {
            fprintf(stderr,"The site %s:%"PRId64" overlaps with another variant, skipping...\n", bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
            return;
        }
        
    }

    int len_diff = 0, alen = 0;
    int idx = rec->pos - args->fa_ori_pos + args->fa_mod_off;
    if ( idx<0 )
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"Warning: ignoring overlapping variant starting at %s:%"PRId64"\n", bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
        return;
    }
    if ( rec->rlen > args->fa_buf.l - idx )
    {
        rec->rlen = args->fa_buf.l - idx;
        alen = strlen(rec->d.allele[ialt]);
        if ( alen > rec->rlen )
        {
            rec->d.allele[ialt][rec->rlen] = 0;
            fprintf(stderr,"Warning: trimming variant starting at %s:%"PRId64"\n", bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
        }
    }
    if ( idx>=args->fa_buf.l ) 
        error("FIXME: %s:%"PRId64" .. idx=%d, ori_pos=%d, len=%"PRIu64", off=%d\n",bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1,idx,args->fa_ori_pos,(uint64_t)args->fa_buf.l,args->fa_mod_off);

    // sanity check the reference base
    if ( rec->d.allele[ialt][0]=='<' )
    {
        if ( strcasecmp(rec->d.allele[ialt], "<DEL>") )
            error("Symbolic alleles other than <DEL> are currently not supported: %s at %s:%"PRId64"\n",rec->d.allele[ialt],bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1);
        assert( rec->d.allele[0][1]==0 );           // todo: for now expecting strlen(REF) = 1
        len_diff = 1-rec->rlen;
        rec->d.allele[ialt] = rec->d.allele[0];     // according to VCF spec, REF must precede the event
        alen = strlen(rec->d.allele[ialt]);
    }
    else if ( strncasecmp(rec->d.allele[0],args->fa_buf.s+idx,rec->rlen) )
    {
        // This is hacky, handle a special case: if SNP or an insert follows a deletion (AAC>A, C>CAA),
        // the reference base in fa_buf is lost and the check fails. We do not keep a buffer
        // with the original sequence as it should not be necessary, we should encounter max
        // one base overlap

        int fail = 1;
        if ( args->prev_base_pos==rec->pos && toupper(rec->d.allele[0][0])==toupper(args->prev_base) )
        {
            if ( rec->rlen==1 ) fail = 0;
            else if ( !strncasecmp(rec->d.allele[0]+1,args->fa_buf.s+idx+1,rec->rlen-1) ) fail = 0;
        }

        if ( fail )
        {
            char tmp = 0;
            if ( args->fa_buf.l - idx > rec->rlen ) 
            { 
                tmp = args->fa_buf.s[idx+rec->rlen];
                args->fa_buf.s[idx+rec->rlen] = 0;
            }
            error(
                    "The fasta sequence does not match the REF allele at %s:%"PRId64":\n"
                    "   .vcf: [%s] <- (REF)\n" 
                    "   .vcf: [%s] <- (ALT)\n" 
                    "   .fa:  [%s]%c%s\n",
                    bcf_seqname(args->hdr,rec),(int64_t) rec->pos+1, rec->d.allele[0], rec->d.allele[ialt], args->fa_buf.s+idx,
                    tmp?tmp:' ',tmp?args->fa_buf.s+idx+rec->rlen+1:""
                 );
        }
        alen = strlen(rec->d.allele[ialt]);
        len_diff = alen - rec->rlen;
    }
    else
    {
        alen = strlen(rec->d.allele[ialt]);
        len_diff = alen - rec->rlen;
    }

    if ( args->fa_case )
        for (i=0; i<alen; i++) rec->d.allele[ialt][i] = toupper(rec->d.allele[ialt][i]);
    else
        for (i=0; i<alen; i++) rec->d.allele[ialt][i] = tolower(rec->d.allele[ialt][i]);

    if ( len_diff <= 0 )
    {
        // deletion or same size event
        for (i=0; i<alen; i++)
            args->fa_buf.s[idx+i] = rec->d.allele[ialt][i];

        if ( len_diff )
            memmove(args->fa_buf.s+idx+alen,args->fa_buf.s+idx+rec->rlen,args->fa_buf.l-idx-rec->rlen);

        args->prev_base = rec->d.allele[0][rec->rlen - 1];
        args->prev_base_pos = rec->pos + rec->rlen - 1;
        args->prev_is_insert = 0;
    }
    else
    {
        args->prev_is_insert = 1;
        args->prev_base_pos = rec->pos;

        // insertion
        ks_resize(&args->fa_buf, args->fa_buf.l + len_diff);
        memmove(args->fa_buf.s + idx + rec->rlen + len_diff, args->fa_buf.s + idx + rec->rlen, args->fa_buf.l - idx - rec->rlen);

        // This can get tricky, make sure the bases unchanged by the insertion do not overwrite preceeding variants.
        // For example, here we want to get TAA:
        //      POS REF ALT
        //      1   C   T
        //      1   C   CAA
        int ibeg = 0;
        while ( ibeg<alen && rec->d.allele[0][ibeg]==rec->d.allele[ialt][ibeg] && rec->pos + ibeg <= args->prev_base_pos  ) ibeg++;
        for (i=ibeg; i<alen; i++)
            args->fa_buf.s[idx+i] = rec->d.allele[ialt][i];
    }
    if (args->chain && len_diff != 0)
    {
        // If first nucleotide of both REF and ALT are the same... (indels typically include the nucleotide before the variant)
        if ( strncasecmp(rec->d.allele[0],rec->d.allele[ialt],1) == 0)
        {
            // ...extend the block by 1 bp: start is 1 bp further and alleles are 1 bp shorter
            push_chain_gap(args->chain, rec->pos + 1, rec->rlen - 1, rec->pos + 1 + args->fa_mod_off, alen - 1);
        }
        else
        {
            // otherwise, just the coordinates of the variant as given
            push_chain_gap(args->chain, rec->pos, rec->rlen, rec->pos + args->fa_mod_off, alen);
        }
    }
    args->fa_buf.l += len_diff;
    args->fa_mod_off += len_diff;
    args->fa_frz_pos  = rec->pos + rec->rlen - 1;
    args->napplied++;
}


static void mask_region(args_t *args, char *seq, int len)
{
    int start = args->fa_src_pos - len;
    int end   = args->fa_src_pos;

    if ( !regidx_overlap(args->mask, args->chr,start,end, args->itr) ) return;

    int idx_start, idx_end, i;
    while ( regitr_overlap(args->itr) )
    {
        idx_start = args->itr->beg - start;
        idx_end   = args->itr->end - start;
        if ( idx_start < 0 ) idx_start = 0;
        if ( idx_end >= len ) idx_end = len - 1;
        for (i=idx_start; i<=idx_end; i++) seq[i] = 'N';
    }
}

static void consensus(args_t *args)
{
    BGZF *fasta = bgzf_open(args->ref_fname, "r");
    if ( !fasta ) error("Error reading %s\n", args->ref_fname);
    kstring_t str = {0,0,0};
    while ( bgzf_getline(fasta, '\n', &str) > 0 )
    {
        if ( str.s[0]=='>' )
        {
            // new sequence encountered
            if (args->chain) {
                print_chain(args);
                destroy_chain(args);
            }
            // apply all cached variants
            while ( args->vcf_rbuf.n )
            {
                bcf1_t *rec = args->vcf_buf[args->vcf_rbuf.f];
                if ( rec->rid!=args->rid || ( args->fa_end_pos && rec->pos > args->fa_end_pos ) ) break;
                int i = rbuf_shift(&args->vcf_rbuf);
                apply_variant(args, args->vcf_buf[i]);
            }
            flush_fa_buffer(args, 0);
            init_region(args, str.s+1);
            continue;
        }
        args->fa_length  += str.l;
        args->fa_src_pos += str.l;

        // determine if uppercase or lowercase is used in this fasta file
        if ( args->fa_case==-1 ) args->fa_case = toupper(str.s[0])==str.s[0] ? 1 : 0;

        if ( args->mask && args->rid>=0) mask_region(args, str.s, str.l);
        kputs(str.s, &args->fa_buf);

        bcf1_t **rec_ptr = NULL;
        while ( args->rid>=0 && (rec_ptr = next_vcf_line(args)) )
        {
            bcf1_t *rec = *rec_ptr;

            // still the same chr and the same region? if not, fasta buf can be flushed
            if ( rec->rid!=args->rid || ( args->fa_end_pos && rec->pos > args->fa_end_pos ) )
            {
                // save the vcf record until next time and flush
                unread_vcf_line(args, rec_ptr);
                rec_ptr = NULL;
                break;
            }

            // is the vcf record well beyond cached fasta buffer? if yes, the buf can be flushed
            if ( args->fa_ori_pos + args->fa_buf.l - args->fa_mod_off <= rec->pos )
            {
                unread_vcf_line(args, rec_ptr);
                rec_ptr = NULL;
                break;
            }

            // is the cached fasta buffer full enough? if not, read more fasta, no flushing
            if ( args->fa_ori_pos + args->fa_buf.l - args->fa_mod_off < rec->pos + rec->rlen )
            {
                unread_vcf_line(args, rec_ptr);
                break;
            }
            apply_variant(args, rec);
        }
        if ( !rec_ptr ) flush_fa_buffer(args, 60);
    }
    bcf1_t **rec_ptr = NULL;
    while ( args->rid>=0 && (rec_ptr = next_vcf_line(args)) )
    {
        bcf1_t *rec = *rec_ptr;
        if ( rec->rid!=args->rid ) break;
        if ( args->fa_end_pos && rec->pos > args->fa_end_pos ) break;
        if ( args->fa_ori_pos + args->fa_buf.l - args->fa_mod_off <= rec->pos ) break;
        apply_variant(args, rec);
    }
    if (args->chain)
    {
        print_chain(args);
        destroy_chain(args);
    }
    flush_fa_buffer(args, 0);
    bgzf_close(fasta);
    free(str.s);
    fprintf(stderr,"Applied %d variants\n", args->napplied);
}

static void usage(args_t *args)
{
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "About: Create consensus sequence by applying VCF variants to a reference fasta\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       file. By default, the program will apply all ALT variants. Using the\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       --sample (and, optionally, --haplotype) option will apply genotype\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       (or haplotype) calls from FORMAT/GT. The program ignores allelic depth\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "       information, such as INFO/AD or FORMAT/AD.\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "Usage:   bcftools consensus [OPTIONS] <file.vcf.gz>\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "Options:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -c, --chain <file>         write a chain file for liftover\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -e, --exclude <expr>       exclude sites for which the expression is true (see man page for details)\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -f, --fasta-ref <file>     reference sequence in fasta format\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -H, --haplotype <which>    choose which allele to use from the FORMAT/GT field, note\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                               the codes are case-insensitive:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   1: first allele from GT, regardless of phasing\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   2: second allele from GT, regardless of phasing\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   R: REF allele in het genotypes\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   A: ALT allele\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   LR,LA: longer allele and REF/ALT if equal length\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   SR,SA: shorter allele and REF/ALT if equal length\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "                                   1pIu,2pIu: first/second allele for phased and IUPAC code for unphased GTs\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -i, --include <expr>       select sites for which the expression is true (see man page for details)\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -I, --iupac-codes          output variants in the form of IUPAC ambiguity codes\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -m, --mask <file>          replace regions with N\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -M, --missing <char>       output <char> instead of skipping the missing genotypes\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -o, --output <file>        write output to a file [standard output]\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -p, --prefix <string>      prefix to add to output sequence names\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "    -s, --sample <name>        apply variants of the given sample\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "Examples:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   # Get the consensus for one region. The fasta header lines are then expected\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   # in the form \">chr:from-to\".\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "   samtools faidx ref.fa 8:11870-11890 | bcftools consensus in.vcf.gz > out.fa\n");
    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
    exit(1);
}

int main_consensus(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    args_t *args = (args_t*) calloc(1,sizeof(args_t));
    args->argc   = argc; args->argv = argv;

    static struct option loptions[] = 
    {
        {"exclude",required_argument,NULL,'e'},
        {"include",required_argument,NULL,'i'},
        {"sample",1,0,'s'},
        {"iupac-codes",0,0,'I'},
        {"haplotype",1,0,'H'},
        {"output",1,0,'o'},
        {"fasta-ref",1,0,'f'},
        {"mask",1,0,'m'},
        {"missing",1,0,'M'},
        {"chain",1,0,'c'},
        {"prefix",required_argument,0,'p'},
        {0,0,0,0}
    };
    int c;
    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h?s:1Ii:e:H:f:o:m:c:M:p:",loptions,NULL)) >= 0) 
    {
        switch (c) 
        {
            case 'p': args->chr_prefix = optarg; break;
            case 's': args->sample = optarg; break;
            case 'o': args->output_fname = optarg; break;
            case 'I': args->output_iupac = 1; break;
            case 'e': args->filter_str = optarg; args->filter_logic |= FLT_EXCLUDE; break;
            case 'i': args->filter_str = optarg; args->filter_logic |= FLT_INCLUDE; break;
            case 'f': args->ref_fname = optarg; break;
            case 'm': args->mask_fname = optarg; break;
            case 'M': 
                args->missing_allele = optarg[0]; 
                if ( optarg[1]!=0 ) error("Expected single character with -M, got \"%s\"\n", optarg);
                break;
            case 'c': args->chain_fname = optarg; break;
            case 'H': 
                if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"R") ) args->allele |= PICK_REF;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"A") ) args->allele |= PICK_ALT;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"L") ) args->allele |= PICK_LONG|PICK_REF;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"S") ) args->allele |= PICK_SHORT|PICK_REF;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"LR") ) args->allele |= PICK_LONG|PICK_REF;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"LA") ) args->allele |= PICK_LONG|PICK_ALT;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"SR") ) args->allele |= PICK_SHORT|PICK_REF;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"SA") ) args->allele |= PICK_SHORT|PICK_ALT;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"1pIu") ) args->allele |= PICK_IUPAC, args->haplotype = 1;
                else if ( !strcasecmp(optarg,"2pIu") ) args->allele |= PICK_IUPAC, args->haplotype = 2;
                else
                {
                    char *tmp;
                    args->haplotype = strtol(optarg, &tmp, 10);
                    if ( tmp==optarg || *tmp ) error("Error: Could not parse --haplotype %s, expected numeric argument\n", optarg);
                    if ( args->haplotype <=0 ) error("Error: Expected positive integer with --haplotype\n");
                }
                break;
            default: usage(args); break;
        }
    }
    if ( optind>=argc ) usage(args);
    args->fname = argv[optind];

    if ( !args->ref_fname && !isatty(fileno((FILE *)stdin)) ) args->ref_fname = "-";
    if ( !args->ref_fname ) usage(args);

    init_data(args);
    consensus(args);
    destroy_data(args);
    free(args);

    return 0;
}