From 3d863ac63674eb8e8d07c5dded17859287d9bc36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleck Greenham <greenhama13@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 09:27:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [js][database] Add ref property for consistency with web API

---
 lib/modules/database/reference.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/modules/database/reference.js b/lib/modules/database/reference.js
index 0055ae59..b848cfda 100644
--- a/lib/modules/database/reference.js
+++ b/lib/modules/database/reference.js
@@ -350,6 +350,14 @@ export default class Reference extends ReferenceBase {
     return new Reference(this.database, this.path.substring(0, this.path.lastIndexOf('/')));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * A reference to itself
+   * @type {!Reference}
+   * {@link https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/firebase.database.Reference#ref}
+   */
+  get ref(): Reference {
+    return this;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Returns a ref to the root of db - '/'