From 270c67312a74cd19d80083e1394166d576e3afbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ciro Nunes <ciroanunes@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:21:31 -0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix($http): add the PATCH shortcut back The shortcut was
 dropped because it had a lot of unkowns about PATCH. Since we already know
 that using PATCH is good (http://www.mnot.net/blog/2012/09/05/patch), and
 only IE8 has issues with that, let's add the shortcut back.

---
 src/ng/http.js      | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 test/ng/httpSpec.js |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ng/http.js b/src/ng/http.js
index f20d54fd60db..a24037bbd902 100644
--- a/src/ng/http.js
+++ b/src/ng/http.js
@@ -869,7 +869,21 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      * @param {Object=} config Optional configuration object
      * @returns {HttpPromise} Future object
      */
-    createShortMethodsWithData('post', 'put');
+
+     /**
+      * @ngdoc method
+      * @name ng.$http#patch
+      * @methodOf ng.$http
+      *
+      * @description
+      * Shortcut method to perform `PATCH` request.
+      *
+      * @param {string} url Relative or absolute URL specifying the destination of the request
+      * @param {*} data Request content
+      * @param {Object=} config Optional configuration object
+      * @returns {HttpPromise} Future object
+      */
+    createShortMethodsWithData('post', 'put', 'patch');
 
         /**
          * @ngdoc property
diff --git a/test/ng/httpSpec.js b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
index a0417d9ad99c..76ab59c8ebff 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
@@ -897,6 +897,15 @@ describe('$http', function() {
         $http.put('/url', 'some-data', {headers: {'Custom': 'Header'}});
       });
 
+      it('should have patch()', function(){
+        $httpBackend.expect('PATCH', '/url', 'some-data').respond('');
+        $http.patch('/url', 'some-data');
+      });
+
+      it('patch() should allow config param', function() {
+        $httpBackend.expect('PATCH', '/url', 'some-data', checkHeader('Custom', 'Header')).respond('');
+        $http.patch('/url', 'some-data', {headers: {'Custom': 'Header'}});
+      });
 
       it('should have jsonp()', function() {
         $httpBackend.expect('JSONP', '/url').respond('');