try to ensure that a bones node was actually placed

.check_date.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+grep $(date -u -I) mod.conf
+exit $?

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ repos:
         pass_filenames: true
         exclude: .pre-commit-config.yaml
         fail_fast: true
+      - id: date_version
+        name: date version
+        language: script
+        entry: .check_date.sh
+        files: mod.conf
+        always_run: true
+        fail_fast: true
       - id: stylua
         name: stylua
         language: system

api.lua

@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ function api.place_bones_node(player, bones_pos, stacks_for_bones)
 		param2 = minetest.dir_to_facedir(player:get_look_dir()),
 	})
 
+	-- i've encountered a place where the air node where the bones should have been placed was still air, and the
+	-- items were in that air node's metadata... hopefully this check will prevent that:
+	if minetest.get_node(bones_pos).name ~= "bones:bones" then
+		return false
+	end
+
 	local node_meta = minetest.get_meta(bones_pos)
 	local node_inv = node_meta:get_inventory()
 	node_inv:set_size("main", #stacks_for_bones)

mod.conf

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ website = https://content.minetest.net/packages/rheo/bones/
 author = fluxionary
 license = LGPL-3.0-or-later
 media_license = CC-BY-SA-4.0
-version = 2023-01-29
+version = 2024-01-23
 min_minetest_version = 5.7.0
 supported_games = *
 depends = fmod, futil