From a2e45837f7971fef351acf943afebab77b48b3f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pete Gonzalez <4673363+octogonz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 13:14:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Create a ExcerptTokenKind.Reference node /only/ if the
 canonicalReference exists

---
 apps/api-extractor/src/generators/ExcerptBuilder.ts | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/ExcerptBuilder.ts b/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/ExcerptBuilder.ts
index ce71e902a8f..2ce3784cdcd 100644
--- a/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/ExcerptBuilder.ts
+++ b/apps/api-extractor/src/generators/ExcerptBuilder.ts
@@ -117,11 +117,16 @@ export class ExcerptBuilder {
     }
 
     if (span.prefix) {
+      let canonicalReference: DeclarationReference | undefined = undefined;
+
       if (span.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.Identifier) {
         const name: ts.Identifier = span.node as ts.Identifier;
-        const canonicalReference: DeclarationReference | undefined = isDeclarationName(name)
-          ? undefined
-          : state.referenceGenerator.getDeclarationReferenceForIdentifier(name);
+        if (!isDeclarationName(name)) {
+          canonicalReference = state.referenceGenerator.getDeclarationReferenceForIdentifier(name);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (canonicalReference) {
         ExcerptBuilder._appendToken(excerptTokens, ExcerptTokenKind.Reference,
           span.prefix, state, canonicalReference);
       } else {