Handling sub-components of the root component the same as all other c…

…omponents.

Signed-off-by: Roland Asmann <[email protected]>

index.js

@@ -557,41 +557,7 @@ function addMetadata(parentComponent = {}, options = {}, context = {}) {
       }
     }
     if (parentComponent?.components) {
-      const parentFullName = componentToSimpleFullName(parentComponent);
-      const subComponents = [];
-      const addedSubComponents = {};
-      for (const comp of parentComponent.components) {
-        cleanParentComponent(comp);
-        if (comp.name && comp.type) {
-          const fullName = componentToSimpleFullName(comp);
-          // Fixes #479
-          // Prevent the parent component from also appearing as a sub-component
-          // We cannot use purl or bom-ref here since they would not match
-          // purl - could have application on one side and a different type
-          // bom-ref could have qualifiers on one side
-          // Ignore components that have the same name as the parent component but with latest as the version.
-          // These are default components created based on directory names
-          if (
-            fullName !== parentFullName &&
-            !(
-              (comp.name === parentComponent.name ||
-                comp.name === `${parentComponent.name}:latest`) &&
-              comp.version === "latest"
-            )
-          ) {
-            if (!comp["bom-ref"]) {
-              comp["bom-ref"] = `pkg:${comp.type}/${decodeURIComponent(
-                fullName,
-              )}`;
-            }
-            if (!addedSubComponents[comp["bom-ref"]]) {
-              subComponents.push(comp);
-              addedSubComponents[comp["bom-ref"]] = true;
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      } // for
-      parentComponent.components = subComponents;
+      parentComponent.components = listComponents(options, {}, parentComponent.components);
     }
     metadata.component = parentComponent;
   }