fix($location): prevent navigation if already on the URL

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index b6d14e1a..1a7f4208 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -528,12 +528,14 @@ function $LocationProvider(){
           rewrittenUrl = $location.$$rewrite(absHref);
 
       if (absHref && !elm.attr('target') && rewrittenUrl) {
-        // update location manually
-        $location.$$parse(rewrittenUrl);
-        $rootScope.$apply();
         event.preventDefault();
-        // hack to work around FF6 bug 684208 when scenario runner clicks on links
-        window.angular['ff-684208-preventDefault'] = true;
+        if (rewrittenUrl != initialUrl) {
+          // update location manually
+          $location.$$parse(rewrittenUrl);
+          $rootScope.$apply();
+          // hack to work around FF6 bug 684208 when scenario runner clicks on links
+          window.angular['ff-684208-preventDefault'] = true;
+        }
       }
     });