From 2d03f044f4b20ed3283311ce58d08d7b7ec27eeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David First <davidnet@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:31:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] introduce a new API "getCurrentSnap()" for the Component
 object (#8677)

It was requested a while ago by Ran/Guy.
---
 scopes/component/component/component.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scopes/component/component/component.ts b/scopes/component/component/component.ts
index b60d0d5d9659..52966da6e53a 100644
--- a/scopes/component/component/component.ts
+++ b/scopes/component/component/component.ts
@@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ export class Component implements IComponent {
     return this.id.version;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * in case a component is new, it returns undefined.
+   * otherwise, it returns the Snap object (hash/parents/log) of the current component (according to the version in the id)
+   */
+  async getCurrentSnap(): Promise<Snap | undefined> {
+    const snap = this.getSnapHash();
+    if (!snap) return undefined;
+    return this.loadSnap(snap);
+  }
+
   /**
    * checkout the component to a different version in its working tree.
    */