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DAT version discrepancies
(note: I am not sure if this is an issue of hyperdrive or dat-node, following @karissa 's suggestion to post it here - thanks @karissa )
I am reporting a bug or unexpected behavior:
The version of a newly created DAT when .ready
is called persists at 0
, even if a dedicated version is specified.
Bug Report
- Operating system: Mac OS 10.13.6
- Node Version: 10.12.0
- dat-node Version: 3.5.15
Expected behavior
I am expecting the following code to properly list the version & files of that version.
const createDat = require('dat-node')
createDat(`${__dirname}/download`, {
key: 'dat://56ff8bae4339defdb4bbe4e18d3fb5c17806429d59ce2e775b7832501c8781d1/',
version: 11,
temp: true
}, function (err, dat) {
if (err) throw err
dat.joinNetwork()
dat.archive.ready(function () {
console.log(`Version on ready: ${dat.archive.version}`)
})
dat.archive.readdir('/', function (err, list) {
if (err) throw err
console.log(`Version on list: ${dat.archive.version}`)
console.log(list)
})
})
to have following output
Version on ready: 11
Version on list: 11
[ 'LICENSE', 'README.md', 'images', 'dat.json', 'index.html' ]
Actual behavior
Version on ready: 0
Version on list: 11
[ 'LICENSE', 'README.md', 'images', 'dat.json', 'index.html' ]
Ya, I've seen this before.
I think this happens when metadata isn't downloaded, returning a length of 0. But when I saw it before, it wasn't clear if that was a bug or something we should expect to happen.