From d7fff434fe8ded7d2b380e03e5d9a906f051672a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 23:32:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Expose drive.snapshot()

---
 README.md | 4 ++++
 index.js  | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5c91c57..47746243 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ Downloads the blobs corresponding to all entries in the drive at paths prefixed
 
 Get a read-only snapshot of a previous version.
 
+#### `const snapshot = drive.snapshot()`
+
+Shorthand for getting a checkout for the current version.
+
 #### `const stream = drive.diff(version, folder, [options])`
 
 Efficiently create a stream of the shallow changes to `folder` between `version` and `drive.version`.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 99b4d645..ab4da3a6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ module.exports = class Hyperdrive extends ReadyResource {
     return this._makeCheckout(this.db.checkout(version))
   }
 
+  snapshot () {
+    return this._makeCheckout(this.db.snapshot())
+  }
+
   batch () {
     return new Hyperdrive(this.corestore, this.key, {
       onwait: this._onwait,