NEWS

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scPassport 0.99.0

New Features

• Initial Bioconductor submission version.
• seuratPassport(): interactive Shiny gadget to stamp a Seurat object with a persistent metadata passport stored in @misc$passport.
• read_passport(): prints the full passport and processing log to console.
• log_step(): appends a processing step entry to @misc$processing_log.
• Core passport and log logic implemented in C++ via Rcpp for performance.
• Lineage tracking: parent/child relationships propagated automatically when parent argument is supplied to seuratPassport().
• Custom fields: any extra key-value metadata can be added through the Shiny popup and persists inside the .rds file.