From c535442059445f44362f577a7d6642b7c0ff835e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt McKegg <matt@wetsand.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 12:14:30 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] support old thread forks for resolving roots

---
 lib/lookup-roots.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/lookup-roots.js b/lib/lookup-roots.js
index 335553429..9098bfe27 100644
--- a/lib/lookup-roots.js
+++ b/lib/lookup-roots.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ function getRootMsg (msg, { ssb, cache, visited }, cb) {
     return cb(null, msg)
   } else {
     getThruCache(rootId, { ssb, cache }, (_, root) => {
-      if (msg.value.content.fork) {
+      // HACK: the second one (type + root) is for backwards compatibility
+      if (msg.value.content.fork || (msg.value.content.root && msg.value.content.type === 'post')) {
         // this message is a forked root
         return cb(null, root)
       } else if (visited.has(root.key)) {