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Clarify how defaults work when building an index with tabix#2002

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Clarify how defaults work when building an index with tabix#2002
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As the tabix index builder does file format detection, it's a bit misleading to say that the default for, say, -b is always 4. Instead, add a paragraph to the help text and the man page explaining in more detail how the configuration options work.

Fixes #1995 (tabix: ambiguous help for --end?)

As the tabix index builder does file format detection, it's a
bit misleading to say that the default for, say, -b is always 4.
Instead, add a paragraph to the help text and the man page
explaining in more detail how the configuration options work.
@vasudeva8 vasudeva8 merged commit 336c98a into samtools:develop May 11, 2026
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tabix: ambiguous help for --end?

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