How to deal with the same barcodes when merging the bam files from multiple samples?

[zhanglab2008]

Hi Tim,
Thanks for developing this tool! It's very handy. Just one question: If I want to merge the bam files from multiple samples after running sinto filterbarcodes, how can I avoid the issue arising from the use of same cell barcodes from different bam files? Can I add a prefix (e.g. sample ID) to cell barcode name when I run sinto filterbarcodes?
Many thanks!

[timoast]

Hi @zhanglab2008, we don't currently have any option to add a cell prefix when running filterbarcodes. We could try to add this in the future