From fbe34843e9f3bbbf800d3b6b68b0096eebbb5614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasili Svirydau <vasili.svirydau@move.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:35:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Under certain circumstances location.href is not defined in
 IE8. Which sometimes causes an infinite routing loop

---
 src/ng/browser.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ng/browser.js b/src/ng/browser.js
index a723271b95ec..54cba1a35716 100644
--- a/src/ng/browser.js
+++ b/src/ng/browser.js
@@ -160,13 +160,14 @@ function Browser(window, document, $log, $sniffer) {
         }
       } else {
         if (replace) location.replace(url);
-        else location.href = url;
+        else if (location.href) location.href = url;
+        else location = url;
       }
       return self;
     // getter
     } else {
       // the replacement is a workaround for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407172
-      return location.href.replace(/%27/g,"'");
+      return (location.href || location).replace(/%27/g,"'");
     }
   };