How to plot a unfilled histogram (stairs) in Makie?

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If I have a pre-fiitted histogram, how would I plot an unfilled histogram with Makie.jl? I can use hist and stephist for the raw data, but I’m not sure what to do about a Histogram object from StatsBase.jl

Example:

using CairoMakie
import StatsBase

sample = randn(5000)
hfit = StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, sample)

hist(sample)      # plot a filled histogram
stephist(sample)  # plot an unfilled histogram

plot(hfit)        # plot a filled histogram
barplot(hfit)     # plot a filled histogram
hist(hfit)        # errors out
stephist(hfit)    # errors out
stairs(hfit)      # errors out

I’m looking for something in the last section that creates a plot using only hfit.

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using CairoMakie
import StatsBase

# Generate sample data
sample = randn(5000)

# Fit the histogram using StatsBase
hfit = StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, sample)

# 1. Plot an unfilled step histogram from raw data
# Use 'hist' with a transparent fill and a visible stroke
hist(sample, color = :transparent, strokewidth = 1, strokecolor = :black)

# 2. Plot a filled histogram from a fitted Histogram object
# 'barplot' requires the bin edges (x) and the weights (y)
barplot(hfit.edges[1][1:end-1], hfit.weights)

# 3. Plot a step histogram from a fitted Histogram object
# 'stairs' requires the edges and weights; we append a zero to the weights 
# to ensure the array lengths are compatible for the step plot.
stairs(hfit.edges[1], vcat(hfit.weights, 0), step = :post)