Ability to add variants to existing database without overwriting

[ndrein]

Hello,

Mentioned before in gemini's arq5x/gemini#91.

Is it possible to be able to add variants from a new VCF to a database instead of overwriting the old database? Right now, if I load with an existing SQLite database, that database is overwritten with the variants from the new VCF.

I am aware that the recommended solution is to merge VCFs together and re-create the database. However, I may want to add additional samples to my database in the future, which will not scale well with merging VCFs and re-loading.

Thanks a lot!

[JHibbard]

Hello, is this still a feature being considered? It would makes maintaining central variant stores for a lab or department much easier.