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Model.exists() should return a query instead of a promise

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Re: #8075 , Model.exists() is very inconsistent with other helper functions.

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vkarpov15commented, Apr 10, 2020

@AbdelrahmanHafez actually exists() will still trigger pre(‘findOne’) hooks. Unless you happen to change query op before executing.

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vkarpov15commented, Dec 20, 2019

@felixveysseyre there is an options parameter to exists(), you should be able to do Model.exists(filter, { session }). Does that not work for you?

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