Parse anchors in IE9

Author: Richard Collins

src/ng/location.js

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function LocationHashbangInHtml5Url(appBase, hashPrefix) {
         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 '#' 
+    // 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;
   };
 
@@ -653,18 +653,21 @@ function $LocationProvider(){
       }
 
       // 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     
+      // 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.indexOf('://' == -1)) {         // Ignore absolute URLs
           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 
+            // relative path - join with current path
             var stack = $location.path().split("/"),
               parts = href.split("/");
             stack.pop(); // remove top file
@@ -678,7 +681,7 @@ function $LocationProvider(){
             }
             absHref = serverBase(absHref) + stack.join("/");
           }
-        } 
+        }
       }
 
       var rewrittenUrl = $location.$$rewrite(absHref);