From f370aaaae423e40b93804cb7e8ea2b6dcfcc1a5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valeri Karpov <val@karpov.io>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 13:15:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(types): make populate `Paths` generic consistently
 overwrite doc interface

Fix #11955
---
 types/document.d.ts | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/types/document.d.ts b/types/document.d.ts
index a295df1897b..adf170cc42a 100644
--- a/types/document.d.ts
+++ b/types/document.d.ts
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ declare module 'mongoose' {
     $parent(): Document | undefined;
 
     /** Populates document references. */
-    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string | PopulateOptions | (string | PopulateOptions)[]): Promise<this & Paths>;
-    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string | PopulateOptions | (string | PopulateOptions)[], callback: Callback<this & Paths>): void;
-    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string, select?: string | AnyObject, model?: Model<any>, match?: AnyObject, options?: PopulateOptions): Promise<this & Paths>;
-    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string, select?: string | AnyObject, model?: Model<any>, match?: AnyObject, options?: PopulateOptions, callback?: Callback<this & Paths>): void;
+    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string | PopulateOptions | (string | PopulateOptions)[]): Promise<MergeType<this, Paths>>;
+    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string | PopulateOptions | (string | PopulateOptions)[], callback: Callback<MergeType<this, Paths>>): void;
+    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string, select?: string | AnyObject, model?: Model<any>, match?: AnyObject, options?: PopulateOptions): Promise<MergeType<this, Paths>>;
+    populate<Paths = {}>(path: string, select?: string | AnyObject, model?: Model<any>, match?: AnyObject, options?: PopulateOptions, callback?: Callback<MergeType<this, Paths>>): void;
 
     /** Gets _id(s) used during population of the given `path`. If the path was not populated, returns `undefined`. */
     populated(path: string): any;