From d66f9dd4aa055a4d4961288a4c82fd017e5d8256 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=E2=98=99=E2=97=A6=20The=20Tablet=20=E2=9D=80=20GamerGirla?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ndCo=20=E2=97=A6=E2=9D=A7?= <i.am.the.tablet@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:20:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ensure that fields tagged with `bson:"-"` are never
 considered during querying

---
 query.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index 9af6a34..3f1afe1 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func populate(r Reference, rcoll string, rawDoc interface{}, d string, src inter
 			tag, err := structtag.Parse(string(ff.Tag))
 			if err == nil {
 				val, err2 := tag.Get("bson")
-				if err2 == nil {
+				if err2 == nil && val.Name != "-" {
 					fttt := ff.Type
 					if fttt.Kind() == reflect.Pointer || fttt.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
 						fttt = fttt.Elem()
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func populate(r Reference, rcoll string, rawDoc interface{}, d string, src inter
 			src = t
 			toReturn = src
 		}
+		t.setExists(true)
 	}
 
 	if toReturn == nil {