From 4bf0e3eec34fba697afb966879fffe33fd903de1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon <simonxca@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:07:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] set document id property to be optional

---
 mongoose/mongoose.d.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts b/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts
index 24664cc350..631e9c9581 100644
--- a/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts
+++ b/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ declare module "mongoose" {
     /** Hash containing current validation errors. */
     errors: Object;
     /** The string version of this documents _id. */
-    id: string;
+    id?: string;
     /** This documents _id. */
     _id: any;
     /** Boolean flag specifying if the document is new. */

From f3c98e74a04b199ca4c6acc6ceeec5691dc2cb70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon <simonxca@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:59:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add interface for mongoose document optional properties

---
 mongoose/mongoose.d.ts | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts b/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts
index 631e9c9581..9e5600e696 100644
--- a/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts
+++ b/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ declare module "mongoose" {
    * section document.js
    * http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#document-js
    */
-  class MongooseDocument {
+  class MongooseDocument implements MongooseDocumentOptionals {
     /** Checks if a path is set to its default. */
     $isDefault(path?: string): boolean;
 
@@ -870,8 +870,6 @@ declare module "mongoose" {
 
     /** Hash containing current validation errors. */
     errors: Object;
-    /** The string version of this documents _id. */
-    id?: string;
     /** This documents _id. */
     _id: any;
     /** Boolean flag specifying if the document is new. */
@@ -880,6 +878,11 @@ declare module "mongoose" {
     schema: Schema;
   }
 
+  interface MongooseDocumentOptionals {
+    /** The string version of this documents _id. */
+    id?: string;
+  }
+
   interface DocumentToObjectOptions {
     /** apply all getters (path and virtual getters) */
     getters?: boolean;