From bc71e7b8c909483909a9453138ac934657f041aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Collins <richardcrichardc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:44:52 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Potential fix for #6162

---
 src/ng/location.js | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index c4b7545d78f0..131917b88069 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -268,6 +268,16 @@ function LocationHashbangInHtml5Url(appBase, hashPrefix) {
       return appBaseNoFile;
     }
   };
+
+  this.$$compose = function() {
+    var search = toKeyValue(this.$$search),
+        hash = this.$$hash ? '#' + encodeUriSegment(this.$$hash) : '';
+
+    this.$$url = encodePath(this.$$path) + (search ? '?' + search : '') + hash;
+    // include hashPrefix in $$absUrl when $$url is empty so IE8 & 9 do not reload page because of removal of '#' 
+    this.$$absUrl = appBase + hashPrefix + this.$$url;
+  };
+
 }
 
 
@@ -621,6 +631,35 @@ function $LocationProvider(){
         absHref = urlResolve(absHref.animVal).href;
       }
 
+      // Make relative links work in HTML5 mode for legacy browsers (or at least IE8 & 9)
+      // The href should be a regular url e.g. /link/somewhere or link/somewhere or ../somewhere or somewhere#anchor or http://example.com/somewhere     
+      if (LocationMode === LocationHashbangInHtml5Url) {
+        // get the actual href attribute - see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dd347148(v=vs.85).aspx
+        // TODO check browser is in standards mode
+        var href = elm[0].getAttribute('href');
+        
+        if (href.indexOf('://' == -1)) {         // Ignore absolute URLs 
+          if (href[0] == '/') {
+            // absolute path - replace old path
+            absHref = serverBase(absHref) + href;
+          } else {
+            // relative path - join with current path 
+            var stack = $location.path().split("/"),
+              parts = href.split("/");
+            stack.pop(); // remove top file
+            for (var i=0; i<parts.length; i++) {
+              if (parts[i] == ".")
+                continue;
+              else if (parts[i] == "..")
+                stack.pop();
+              else
+                stack.push(parts[i]);
+            }
+            absHref = serverBase(absHref) + stack.join("/");
+          }
+        } 
+      }
+
       var rewrittenUrl = $location.$$rewrite(absHref);
 
       if (absHref && !elm.attr('target') && rewrittenUrl && !event.isDefaultPrevented()) {

From 84aa85b977864f68741b9fd04fee9e3476e55330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Collins <richardcrichardc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:03:44 +1300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Parse anchors in IE9

---
 src/ng/location.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index 131917b88069..6f837993a3b3 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -642,6 +642,9 @@ function $LocationProvider(){
           if (href[0] == '/') {
             // absolute path - replace old path
             absHref = serverBase(absHref) + href;
+          } else if (href[0] == '#') {
+            // local anchor
+            absHref = serverBase(absHref) + $location.path() + href
           } else {
             // relative path - join with current path 
             var stack = $location.path().split("/"),