From 890fd9c3ba5523f5b5168efb4ed4f7849e1b5a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Saggs <thybag@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:07:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow direct access to `initJoins` (#21)

---
 src/Relations/HasManyViaMany.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Relations/HasManyViaMany.php b/src/Relations/HasManyViaMany.php
index 09c38a1..990fb15 100644
--- a/src/Relations/HasManyViaMany.php
+++ b/src/Relations/HasManyViaMany.php
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public function getResults()
      * Handle predefined joins array
      * @return void
      */
-    protected function initJoins()
+    public function initJoins()
     {
         // Store existing joins and clear list
         $joins = !empty($this->query->getQuery()->joins) ? $this->query->getQuery()->joins : [];
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ protected function initJoins()
 
         // Re-add existing joins to the end (we need to ensure relation joins run first)
         $this->query->getQuery()->joins = array_merge($this->query->getQuery()->joins, $joins);
+
+        return $this;
     }
 
     /**