From 2ab46b318f4c9225151c24346cf0ee650e99fc8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wanderer <mjbecze@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 21:10:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fixed bug that prevented stings from being encoded

---
 src/util.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index f4fb4ec..5999a83 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ const decoder = new cbor.Decoder({
 })
 
 function replaceCIDbyTAG (dagNode) {
-  if (isCircular(dagNode)) {
+  let circular
+  try {
+    circular = isCircular(dagNode)
+  } catch (e) {
+    circular = false
+  }
+  if (circular) {
     throw new Error('The object passed has circular references')
   }
 

From f17910855bdb145e91e041321ac5ac855321d0c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wanderer <mjbecze@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 21:19:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added tests

---
 test/util.spec.js | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/util.spec.js b/test/util.spec.js
index 51b8c9c..7daa135 100644
--- a/test/util.spec.js
+++ b/test/util.spec.js
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ describe('util', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('strings', (done) => {
+    dagCBOR.util.cid('some test string', (err, cid) => {
+      expect(err).to.not.exist()
+      expect(cid.version).to.equal(1)
+      expect(cid.codec).to.equal('dag-cbor')
+      expect(cid.multihash).to.exist()
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
   it.skip('serialize and deserialize - garbage', (done) => {
     const inputs = []