JS: Add discard predicates

javascript/ql/lib/javascript.qll

@@ -146,3 +146,4 @@ import semmle.javascript.linters.JSLint
 import semmle.javascript.linters.Linting
 import semmle.javascript.security.dataflow.RemoteFlowSources
 import semmle.javascript.frameworks.UnderscoreDotString
+private import semmle.javascript.internal.Overlay

javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/internal/Overlay.qll

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+private import javascript
+
+/** Holds if the database is an overlay. */
+overlay[local]
+private predicate isOverlay() { databaseMetadata("isOverlay", "true") }
+
+overlay[local]
+private string getFileFromEntity(@locatable node) {
+  exists(@location loc, @file file |
+    hasLocation(node, loc) and
+    locations_default(loc, file, _, _, _, _) and
+    files(file, result)
+  )
+}
+
+/** Holds if `file` was changed or deleted in the overlay. */
+overlay[local]
+private predicate discardFile(string file) { isOverlay() and overlayChangedFiles(file) }
+
+/** Holds if `node` is in the `file` and is part of the overlay base database. */
+overlay[local]
+private predicate discardableEntity(string file, @locatable node) {
+  not isOverlay() and file = getFileFromEntity(node)
+}
+
+/** Holds if `node` should be discarded, because it is part of the overlay base and is in a file that was also extracted as part of the overlay database. */
+overlay[discard_entity]
+private predicate discardEntity(@locatable node) {
+  exists(string file | discardableEntity(file, node) and discardFile(file))
+}