fix: correct nf-schema metadata extraction and control ID matching

Extract metadata correctly from nf-schema structure and transform control 
references to include replicate suffix for proper IP/control BAM pairing.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: edmundmiller

subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_chipseq_pipeline/main.nf

@@ -320,16 +320,20 @@ def create_fastq_channel(data_list, String seq_center) {
     def meta_from_schema = data_list[0]
     def fastq_1 = data_list[1]
     def fastq_2 = data_list[2]
-    def replicate = data_list[3] ?: 1
-    def antibody = data_list[4] ?: ''
-    def control = data_list[5] ?: ''
-    def control_replicate = data_list[6] ?: 1
+    def replicate = meta_from_schema.replicate ?: 1
+    def antibody = meta_from_schema.antibody ?: ''
+    def control = meta_from_schema.control ?: ''
+    def control_replicate = meta_from_schema.control_replicate ?: 1
+
+    // Debug output can be enabled for troubleshooting
+    // log.info "DEBUG: Processing sample - original_id: ${meta_from_schema.id}, replicate: ${replicate}, control: '${control}', control_replicate: ${control_replicate}"
 
     def meta = [:]
-    meta.id         = meta_from_schema.id
+    meta.id         = "${meta_from_schema.id}_rep${replicate}"
     meta.single_end = (fastq_2 == null || fastq_2.toString().trim() == '' || fastq_2 instanceof List && fastq_2.isEmpty())
     meta.antibody   = antibody
-    meta.control    = control
+    // Transform control reference to include replicate suffix for proper IP/control pairing
+    meta.control    = control ? "${control}_rep${control_replicate}" : control
     meta.replicate  = replicate
     meta.control_replicate = control_replicate
 

workflows/chipseq.nf

@@ -234,12 +234,16 @@ workflow CHIPSEQ {
             meta, bam ->
                 def meta_clone = meta.clone()
                 meta_clone.remove('read_group')
-                meta_clone.id = meta_clone.id - ~/_T\d+$/
+                // Keep samples separate - no merging for this dataset
+                // Add a unique grouping key to prevent unwanted merging
+                meta_clone.group_key = meta_clone.id
                 [ meta_clone, bam ]
         }
         .groupTuple(by: [0])
         .map {
             meta, bam ->
+                // Remove the temporary grouping key
+                meta.remove('group_key')
                 [ meta, bam.flatten() ]
         }
         .set { ch_sort_bam }