db.History.find({'_file.project': 'someproject' )
      .populate('_file', 'name reference project')
      .sort(sortField || '-created')
      .limit(max || 64)
      .exec(this);

Here I'm trying to find all documents which match on a populated field from the _file reference. Is doesn't seem to work. Is something like this possible at all?

I could duplicate the project field to this object, as a workaround just for querying but I'd rather not of course.

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