From b470e21e4d6f39b2e32c49bf7276c2b0545c7beb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Buels <rbuels@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:11:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add whether the e hash store is lowercasing its keys to the
 store metadata

---
 bin/generate-names.pl           | 2 ++
 src/JBrowse/Store/Names/Hash.js | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/generate-names.pl b/bin/generate-names.pl
index ce13ea0fb7..a13ee63d74 100755
--- a/bin/generate-names.pl
+++ b/bin/generate-names.pl
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ =head1 OPTIONS
 
 # store the list of tracks that have names
 $nameStore->{meta}{track_names} = \@tracksWithNames;
+# record the fact that all the keys are lowercased
+$nameStore->{meta}{lowercase_keys} = 1;
 
 
 # set up the name store in the trackList.json
diff --git a/src/JBrowse/Store/Names/Hash.js b/src/JBrowse/Store/Names/Hash.js
index 81aff4f554..c24ddb243b 100644
--- a/src/JBrowse/Store/Names/Hash.js
+++ b/src/JBrowse/Store/Names/Hash.js
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ return declare( HashStore,
         // remove trailing asterisks from query.name
         var thisB = this;
         var name = ( query.name || '' ).toString();
+
+        // lowercase the name if the store is all-lowercase
+        if( this.meta.lowercase_keys )
+            name = name.toLowerCase();
+
         var trailingStar = /\*$/;
         if( trailingStar.test( name ) ) {
             name = name.replace( trailingStar, '' );
@@ -130,6 +135,10 @@ return declare( HashStore,
     },
 
     get: function( id ) {
+        // lowercase the id if the store is all-lowercase
+        if( this.meta.lowercase_keys )
+            id = id.toLowerCase();
+
         return this._getEntry( id )
                    .then( function( bucket ) {
                        var nameRec = (bucket.exact||[])[0];