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 └── sample-01_unicycler_short.log
 ```
 
-If the `--versioned_outdir` flag is used, then a sub-directory will be created below each sample, named with the pipeline name and minor version:
-
-```
-sample-01
-    └── routine-assembly-v0.4-output
-        ├── sample-01_20220216172238_provenance.yml
-        ├── sample-01_fastp.csv
-        ├── sample-01_fastp.json
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short.fa
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short.log
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short_prokka.gbk
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short_prokka.gff
-        └── sample-01_unicycler_short_quast.csv
-```
-
-This is provided as a way of combining outputs of several different pipelines or re-analysis with future versions of this pipeline:
-
-```
-sample-01
-    └── routine-assembly-v0.4-output
-    │   ├── sample-01_20220216172238_provenance.yml
-    │   ├── sample-01_fastp.csv
-    │   ├── sample-01_fastp.json
-    │   ├── sample-01_unicycler_short.fa
-    │   ├── sample-01_unicycler_short.log
-    │   ├── sample-01_unicycler_short_prokka.gbk
-    │   ├── sample-01_unicycler_short_prokka.gff
-    │   └── sample-01_unicycler_short_quast.csv
-    └── routine-assembly-v0.5-output
-        ├── sample-01_20220612091224_provenance.yml
-        ├── sample-01_fastp.csv
-        ├── sample-01_fastp.json
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short.fa
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short.log
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short_prokka.gbk
-        ├── sample-01_unicycler_short_prokka.gff
-        └── sample-01_unicycler_short_quast.csv
-```
-
 ### Provenance files
 For each pipeline invocation, each sample will produce a `provenance.yml` file with the following contents: