From b3248ae431f7faacceec9c1126a029eedf68bc14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Burke <andy.burke@mailbox.earth>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 22:29:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle queries for non-existent items

---
 deno.json                               | 2 +-
 tests/04_indexing_sanity_checks.test.ts | 5 +++++
 utils/walk.ts                           | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index ead199b..c80a57d 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@andyburke/fsdb",
-	"version": "1.2.2",
+	"version": "1.2.3",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"exports": {
 		".": "./fsdb.ts",
diff --git a/tests/04_indexing_sanity_checks.test.ts b/tests/04_indexing_sanity_checks.test.ts
index bbb6240..320e41d 100644
--- a/tests/04_indexing_sanity_checks.test.ts
+++ b/tests/04_indexing_sanity_checks.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ Deno.test({
 			asserts.assertEquals(found, random_item);
 		}
 
+		const fetched_nonexistent_entries: ITEM[] = (await item_collection.find({ custom_organizing_test: '*&^' })).map((entry) =>
+			entry.load()
+		);
+		asserts.assertEquals(fetched_nonexistent_entries.length, 0);
+
 		// leave one item behind so the whole db for this test doesn't get cleaned up so I can hand-review it
 		// for (const item of items.slice(1)) {
 		// 	await item_collection.delete(item);
diff --git a/utils/walk.ts b/utils/walk.ts
index 537ca1b..a6cc18e 100644
--- a/utils/walk.ts
+++ b/utils/walk.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as fs from '@std/fs';
 import * as path from '@std/path';
 
 export type WALK_OPTIONS<T> = {
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ export async function* walk<T>(
 
 	const entries: WALK_ENTRY<T>[] = [];
 
+	const exists: boolean = await fs.exists(root_path);
+	if (!exists) {
+		return entries;
+	}
+
 	const root_info: Deno.FileInfo = await Deno.lstat(root_path);
 	if (!root_info.isDirectory) {
 		const entry: WALK_ENTRY<T> = {