angular.js, branch v1.2.5

chore(release): cut 1.2.5 singularity-expansion release

2013-12-13T18:52:13+00:00

docs(CHANGELOG): add v1.2.5 changes

2013-12-13T18:44:40+00:00

docs(TRIAGING): add info about "needs: public api"

2013-12-13T16:53:33+00:00

perf(jqLite): implement and use the `empty` method in place of `html(‘’)`

2013-12-13T10:07:11+00:00

jQuery's elem.html('') is way slower than elem.empty(). As clearing
element contents happens quite often in certain scenarios, switching
to using .empty() provides a significant performance boost when using
Angular with jQuery.

Closes #4457

perf(a): do not link when href or name exists in template

2013-12-13T08:31:25+00:00

Change the a directive to link and hookup a click event only when
there is no href or name in the template element.
In a large Google app, this results in about 800 fewer registrations,
saving a small but measurable amount of time and memory.

Closes #5362

perf($resource): use shallow copy instead of angular.copy

2013-12-13T08:24:37+00:00

Replace calls to angular.copy with calls to a new function, shallowClearAndCopy.
Add calls to copy for cache access in $http in order to prevent modification of cached data.
Results in a measurable improvement to the startup time of complex apps within Google.

Closes #5300

perf: use call and === instead of apply and == in type check functions

2013-12-13T08:22:47+00:00

Updates isDate et al to use call instead of apply and === instead of ==.
The change to call brings minor performance improvement and === is just
better practice than ==.
http://jsperf.com/call-vs-apply-tostring

Closes #5295

fix(closure): add missing FormController extern definitions

2013-12-13T08:14:31+00:00

Closes #5303

style($injector): remove ws

2013-12-13T07:51:45+00:00

perf($injector): remove invoke optimization that doesn't work

2013-12-13T07:49:03+00:00

Closes #5388