diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 98f0fc69b3..d1293fc1a0 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.util.linefeed = '\n';
 
   grunt.initConfig({
-    ngversion: '1.2.7',
+    ngversion: '1.2.8',
     bsversion: '3.0.3',
     modules: [],//to be filled in by build task
     pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
diff --git a/misc/test-lib/angular-mocks.js b/misc/test-lib/angular-mocks.js
index 61b2481a67..90ae186632 100644
--- a/misc/test-lib/angular-mocks.js
+++ b/misc/test-lib/angular-mocks.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * @license AngularJS v1.2.7
+ * @license AngularJS v1.2.8
  * (c) 2010-2014 Google, Inc. http://angularjs.org
  * License: MIT
  */
@@ -2086,6 +2086,20 @@ if(window.jasmine || window.mocha) {
    *
    * @param {...Function} fns any number of functions which will be injected using the injector.
    */
+
+
+
+  var ErrorAddingDeclarationLocationStack = function(e, errorForStack) {
+    this.message = e.message;
+    this.name = e.name;
+    if (e.line) this.line = e.line;
+    if (e.sourceId) this.sourceId = e.sourceId;
+    if (e.stack && errorForStack)
+      this.stack = e.stack + '\n' + errorForStack.stack;
+    if (e.stackArray) this.stackArray = e.stackArray;
+  };
+  ErrorAddingDeclarationLocationStack.prototype.toString = Error.prototype.toString;
+
   window.inject = angular.mock.inject = function() {
     var blockFns = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
     var errorForStack = new Error('Declaration Location');
@@ -2106,7 +2120,9 @@ if(window.jasmine || window.mocha) {
           injector.invoke(blockFns[i] || angular.noop, this);
           /* jshint +W040 */
         } catch (e) {
-          if(e.stack && errorForStack) e.stack +=  '\n' + errorForStack.stack;
+          if (e.stack && errorForStack) {
+            throw new ErrorAddingDeclarationLocationStack(e, errorForStack);
+          }
           throw e;
         } finally {
           errorForStack = null;
diff --git a/misc/test-lib/angular.js b/misc/test-lib/angular.js
index 14559457f7..7856504dd5 100644
--- a/misc/test-lib/angular.js
+++ b/misc/test-lib/angular.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * @license AngularJS v1.2.7
+ * @license AngularJS v1.2.8
  * (c) 2010-2014 Google, Inc. http://angularjs.org
  * License: MIT
  */
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function minErr(module) {
       return match;
     });
 
-    message = message + '\nhttp://errors.angularjs.org/1.2.7/' +
+    message = message + '\nhttp://errors.angularjs.org/1.2.8/' +
       (module ? module + '/' : '') + code;
     for (i = 2; i < arguments.length; i++) {
       message = message + (i == 2 ? '?' : '&') + 'p' + (i-2) + '=' +
@@ -1833,11 +1833,11 @@ function setupModuleLoader(window) {
  * - `codeName` – `{string}` – Code name of the release, such as "jiggling-armfat".
  */
 var version = {
-  full: '1.2.7',    // all of these placeholder strings will be replaced by grunt's
+  full: '1.2.8',    // all of these placeholder strings will be replaced by grunt's
   major: 1,    // package task
   minor: 2,
-  dot: 7,
-  codeName: 'emoji-clairvoyance'
+  dot: 8,
+  codeName: 'interdimensional-cartography'
 };
 
 
@@ -6648,7 +6648,7 @@ function directiveNormalize(name) {
  *
  *
  * @param {string} name Normalized element attribute name of the property to modify. The name is
- *          revers translated using the {@link ng.$compile.directive.Attributes#$attr $attr}
+ *          reverse-translated using the {@link ng.$compile.directive.Attributes#$attr $attr}
  *          property to the original name.
  * @param {string} value Value to set the attribute to. The value can be an interpolated string.
  */
@@ -6786,8 +6786,7 @@ function $ControllerProvider() {
  * @requires $window
  *
  * @description
- * A {@link angular.element jQuery (lite)}-wrapped reference to the browser's `window.document`
- * element.
+ * A {@link angular.element jQuery or jqLite} wrapper for the browser's `window.document` object.
  */
 function $DocumentProvider(){
   this.$get = ['$window', function(window){
@@ -7126,7 +7125,15 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      * `$httpProvider.defaults.headers.get = { 'My-Header' : 'value' }.
      *
      * The defaults can also be set at runtime via the `$http.defaults` object in the same
-     * fashion. In addition, you can supply a `headers` property in the config object passed when
+     * fashion. For example:
+     *
+     * ```
+     * module.run(function($http) {
+     *   $http.defaults.headers.common.Authentication = 'Basic YmVlcDpib29w'
+     * });
+     * ```
+     *
+     * In addition, you can supply a `headers` property in the config object passed when
      * calling `$http(config)`, which overrides the defaults without changing them globally.
      *
      *
@@ -7150,7 +7157,9 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      * properties. These properties are by default an array of transform functions, which allows you
      * to `push` or `unshift` a new transformation function into the transformation chain. You can
      * also decide to completely override any default transformations by assigning your
-     * transformation functions to these properties directly without the array wrapper.
+     * transformation functions to these properties directly without the array wrapper.  These defaults
+     * are again available on the $http factory at run-time, which may be useful if you have run-time 
+     * services you wish to be involved in your transformations.
      *
      * Similarly, to locally override the request/response transforms, augment the
      * `transformRequest` and/or `transformResponse` properties of the configuration object passed
@@ -7364,7 +7373,8 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      * for added security.
      *
      * The name of the headers can be specified using the xsrfHeaderName and xsrfCookieName
-     * properties of either $httpProvider.defaults, or the per-request config object.
+     * properties of either $httpProvider.defaults at config-time, $http.defaults at run-time,
+     * or the per-request config object.
      *
      *
      * @param {object} config Object describing the request to be made and how it should be
@@ -7927,7 +7937,7 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, createXhr, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDoc
         } else {
           completeRequest(callback, status || -2);
         }
-        delete callbacks[callbackId];
+        callbacks[callbackId] = angular.noop;
       });
     } else {
 
@@ -7944,7 +7954,7 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, createXhr, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDoc
       // response is in the cache. the promise api will ensure that to the app code the api is
       // always async
       xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
-        // onreadystatechange might by called multiple times with readyState === 4 on mobile webkit caused by
+        // onreadystatechange might get called multiple times with readyState === 4 on mobile webkit caused by
         // xhrs that are resolved while the app is in the background (see #5426).
         // since calling completeRequest sets the `xhr` variable to null, we just check if it's not null before
         // continuing
@@ -7957,11 +7967,12 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, createXhr, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDoc
 
           if(status !== ABORTED) {
             responseHeaders = xhr.getAllResponseHeaders();
-            response = xhr.responseType ? xhr.response : xhr.responseText;
+
+            // responseText is the old-school way of retrieving response (supported by IE8 & 9)
+            // response/responseType properties were introduced in XHR Level2 spec (supported by IE10)
+            response = ('response' in xhr) ? xhr.response : xhr.responseText;
           }
 
-          // responseText is the old-school way of retrieving response (supported by IE8 & 9)
-          // response/responseType properties were introduced in XHR Level2 spec (supported by IE10)
           completeRequest(callback,
               status || xhr.status,
               response,
@@ -7994,14 +8005,14 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, createXhr, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDoc
     }
 
     function completeRequest(callback, status, response, headersString) {
-      var protocol = urlResolve(url).protocol;
-
       // cancel timeout and subsequent timeout promise resolution
       timeoutId && $browserDefer.cancel(timeoutId);
       jsonpDone = xhr = null;
 
-      // fix status code for file protocol (it's always 0)
-      status = (protocol == 'file' && status === 0) ? (response ? 200 : 404) : status;
+      // fix status code when it is 0 (0 status is undocumented).
+      // Occurs when accessing file resources.
+      // On Android 4.1 stock browser it occurs while retrieving files from application cache.
+      status = (status === 0) ? (response ? 200 : 404) : status;
 
       // normalize IE bug (http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/1450)
       status = status == 1223 ? 204 : status;
@@ -9115,7 +9126,7 @@ function $LocationProvider(){
    * Broadcasted before a URL will change. This change can be prevented by calling
    * `preventDefault` method of the event. See {@link ng.$rootScope.Scope#$on} for more
    * details about event object. Upon successful change
-   * {@link ng.$location#$locationChangeSuccess $locationChangeSuccess} is fired.
+   * {@link ng.$location#events_$locationChangeSuccess $locationChangeSuccess} is fired.
    *
    * @param {Object} angularEvent Synthetic event object.
    * @param {string} newUrl New URL
@@ -10306,16 +10317,20 @@ function cspSafeGetterFn(key0, key1, key2, key3, key4, fullExp, options) {
           if (pathVal == null) return pathVal;
           pathVal = pathVal[key0];
 
-          if (pathVal == null) return key1 ? undefined : pathVal;
+          if (!key1) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key1];
 
-          if (pathVal == null) return key2 ? undefined : pathVal;
+          if (!key2) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key2];
 
-          if (pathVal == null) return key3 ? undefined : pathVal;
+          if (!key3) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key3];
 
-          if (pathVal == null) return key4 ? undefined : pathVal;
+          if (!key4) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key4];
 
           return pathVal;
@@ -10336,8 +10351,9 @@ function cspSafeGetterFn(key0, key1, key2, key3, key4, fullExp, options) {
             }
             pathVal = pathVal.$$v;
           }
-          if (pathVal == null) return key1 ? undefined : pathVal;
 
+          if (!key1) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key1];
           if (pathVal && pathVal.then) {
             promiseWarning(fullExp);
@@ -10348,8 +10364,9 @@ function cspSafeGetterFn(key0, key1, key2, key3, key4, fullExp, options) {
             }
             pathVal = pathVal.$$v;
           }
-          if (pathVal == null) return key2 ? undefined : pathVal;
 
+          if (!key2) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key2];
           if (pathVal && pathVal.then) {
             promiseWarning(fullExp);
@@ -10360,8 +10377,9 @@ function cspSafeGetterFn(key0, key1, key2, key3, key4, fullExp, options) {
             }
             pathVal = pathVal.$$v;
           }
-          if (pathVal == null) return key3 ? undefined : pathVal;
 
+          if (!key3) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key3];
           if (pathVal && pathVal.then) {
             promiseWarning(fullExp);
@@ -10372,8 +10390,9 @@ function cspSafeGetterFn(key0, key1, key2, key3, key4, fullExp, options) {
             }
             pathVal = pathVal.$$v;
           }
-          if (pathVal == null) return key4 ? undefined : pathVal;
 
+          if (!key4) return pathVal;
+          if (pathVal == null) return undefined;
           pathVal = pathVal[key4];
           if (pathVal && pathVal.then) {
             promiseWarning(fullExp);
@@ -11371,7 +11390,7 @@ function $RootScopeProvider(){
         } else {
           ChildScope = function() {}; // should be anonymous; This is so that when the minifier munges
             // the name it does not become random set of chars. This will then show up as class
-            // name in the debugger.
+            // name in the web inspector.
           ChildScope.prototype = this;
           child = new ChildScope();
           child.$id = nextUid();
@@ -11472,7 +11491,7 @@ function $RootScopeProvider(){
            // No digest has been run so the counter will be zero
            expect(scope.foodCounter).toEqual(0);
 
-           // Run the digest but since food has not changed cout will still be zero
+           // Run the digest but since food has not changed count will still be zero
            scope.$digest();
            expect(scope.foodCounter).toEqual(0);
 
@@ -13895,8 +13914,8 @@ function $FilterProvider($provide) {
  *
  *   Can be one of:
  *
- *   - `string`: Predicate that results in a substring match using the value of `expression`
- *     string. All strings or objects with string properties in `array` that contain this string
+ *   - `string`: The string is evaluated as an expression and the resulting value is used for substring match against
+ *     the contents of the `array`. All strings or objects with string properties in `array` that contain this string
  *     will be returned. The predicate can be negated by prefixing the string with `!`.
  *
  *   - `Object`: A pattern object can be used to filter specific properties on objects contained
@@ -14054,23 +14073,12 @@ function filterFilter() {
       case "object":
         // jshint +W086
         for (var key in expression) {
-          if (key == '$') {
-            (function() {
-              if (!expression[key]) return;
-              var path = key;
-              predicates.push(function(value) {
-                return search(value, expression[path]);
-              });
-            })();
-          } else {
-            (function() {
-              if (typeof(expression[key]) == 'undefined') { return; }
-              var path = key;
-              predicates.push(function(value) {
-                return search(getter(value,path), expression[path]);
-              });
-            })();
-          }
+          (function(path) {
+            if (typeof expression[path] == 'undefined') return;
+            predicates.push(function(value) {
+              return search(path == '$' ? value : getter(value, path), expression[path]);
+            });
+          })(key);
         }
         break;
       case 'function':
@@ -15191,12 +15199,10 @@ forEach(BOOLEAN_ATTR, function(propName, attrName) {
   ngAttributeAliasDirectives[normalized] = function() {
     return {
       priority: 100,
-      compile: function() {
-        return function(scope, element, attr) {
-          scope.$watch(attr[normalized], function ngBooleanAttrWatchAction(value) {
-            attr.$set(attrName, !!value);
-          });
-        };
+      link: function(scope, element, attr) {
+        scope.$watch(attr[normalized], function ngBooleanAttrWatchAction(value) {
+          attr.$set(attrName, !!value);
+        });
       }
     };
   };
@@ -15476,10 +15482,10 @@ function FormController(element, attrs) {
  *
  *
  * # CSS classes
- *  - `ng-valid` Is set if the form is valid.
- *  - `ng-invalid` Is set if the form is invalid.
- *  - `ng-pristine` Is set if the form is pristine.
- *  - `ng-dirty` Is set if the form is dirty.
+ *  - `ng-valid` is set if the form is valid.
+ *  - `ng-invalid` is set if the form is invalid.
+ *  - `ng-pristine` is set if the form is pristine.
+ *  - `ng-dirty` is set if the form is dirty.
  *
  *
  * # Submitting a form and preventing the default action
@@ -15996,6 +16002,12 @@ var inputType = {
   'reset': noop
 };
 
+// A helper function to call $setValidity and return the value / undefined,
+// a pattern that is repeated a lot in the input validation logic.
+function validate(ctrl, validatorName, validity, value){
+  ctrl.$setValidity(validatorName, validity);
+  return validity ? value : undefined;
+}
 
 function textInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   // In composition mode, users are still inputing intermediate text buffer,
@@ -16080,22 +16092,15 @@ function textInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
       patternValidator,
       match;
 
-  var validate = function(regexp, value) {
-    if (ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || regexp.test(value)) {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('pattern', true);
-      return value;
-    } else {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('pattern', false);
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  };
-
   if (pattern) {
+    var validateRegex = function(regexp, value) {
+      return validate(ctrl, 'pattern', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || regexp.test(value), value);
+    };
     match = pattern.match(/^\/(.*)\/([gim]*)$/);
     if (match) {
       pattern = new RegExp(match[1], match[2]);
       patternValidator = function(value) {
-        return validate(pattern, value);
+        return validateRegex(pattern, value);
       };
     } else {
       patternValidator = function(value) {
@@ -16106,7 +16111,7 @@ function textInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
             'Expected {0} to be a RegExp but was {1}. Element: {2}', pattern,
             patternObj, startingTag(element));
         }
-        return validate(patternObj, value);
+        return validateRegex(patternObj, value);
       };
     }
 
@@ -16118,13 +16123,7 @@ function textInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   if (attr.ngMinlength) {
     var minlength = int(attr.ngMinlength);
     var minLengthValidator = function(value) {
-      if (!ctrl.$isEmpty(value) && value.length < minlength) {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('minlength', false);
-        return undefined;
-      } else {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('minlength', true);
-        return value;
-      }
+      return validate(ctrl, 'minlength', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || value.length >= minlength, value);
     };
 
     ctrl.$parsers.push(minLengthValidator);
@@ -16135,13 +16134,7 @@ function textInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   if (attr.ngMaxlength) {
     var maxlength = int(attr.ngMaxlength);
     var maxLengthValidator = function(value) {
-      if (!ctrl.$isEmpty(value) && value.length > maxlength) {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('maxlength', false);
-        return undefined;
-      } else {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('maxlength', true);
-        return value;
-      }
+      return validate(ctrl, 'maxlength', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || value.length <= maxlength, value);
     };
 
     ctrl.$parsers.push(maxLengthValidator);
@@ -16170,13 +16163,7 @@ function numberInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   if (attr.min) {
     var minValidator = function(value) {
       var min = parseFloat(attr.min);
-      if (!ctrl.$isEmpty(value) && value < min) {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('min', false);
-        return undefined;
-      } else {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('min', true);
-        return value;
-      }
+      return validate(ctrl, 'min', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || value >= min, value);
     };
 
     ctrl.$parsers.push(minValidator);
@@ -16186,13 +16173,7 @@ function numberInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   if (attr.max) {
     var maxValidator = function(value) {
       var max = parseFloat(attr.max);
-      if (!ctrl.$isEmpty(value) && value > max) {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('max', false);
-        return undefined;
-      } else {
-        ctrl.$setValidity('max', true);
-        return value;
-      }
+      return validate(ctrl, 'max', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || value <= max, value);
     };
 
     ctrl.$parsers.push(maxValidator);
@@ -16200,14 +16181,7 @@ function numberInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   }
 
   ctrl.$formatters.push(function(value) {
-
-    if (ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || isNumber(value)) {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('number', true);
-      return value;
-    } else {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('number', false);
-      return undefined;
-    }
+    return validate(ctrl, 'number', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || isNumber(value), value);
   });
 }
 
@@ -16215,13 +16189,7 @@ function urlInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   textInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser);
 
   var urlValidator = function(value) {
-    if (ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || URL_REGEXP.test(value)) {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('url', true);
-      return value;
-    } else {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('url', false);
-      return undefined;
-    }
+    return validate(ctrl, 'url', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || URL_REGEXP.test(value), value);
   };
 
   ctrl.$formatters.push(urlValidator);
@@ -16232,13 +16200,7 @@ function emailInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser) {
   textInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser);
 
   var emailValidator = function(value) {
-    if (ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || EMAIL_REGEXP.test(value)) {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('email', true);
-      return value;
-    } else {
-      ctrl.$setValidity('email', false);
-      return undefined;
-    }
+    return validate(ctrl, 'email', ctrl.$isEmpty(value) || EMAIL_REGEXP.test(value), value);
   };
 
   ctrl.$formatters.push(emailValidator);
@@ -17842,13 +17804,13 @@ var ngControllerDirective = [function() {
       </button>
       count: {{count}}
      </doc:source>
-     <doc:scenario>
+     <doc:protractor>
        it('should check ng-click', function() {
-         expect(binding('count')).toBe('0');
-         element('.doc-example-live :button').click();
-         expect(binding('count')).toBe('1');
+         expect(element(by.binding('count')).getText()).toMatch('0');
+         element(by.css('.doc-example-live button')).click();
+         expect(element(by.binding('count')).getText()).toMatch('1');
        });
-     </doc:scenario>
+     </doc:protractor>
    </doc:example>
  */
 /*
@@ -18927,6 +18889,8 @@ var ngPluralizeDirective = ['$locale', '$interpolate', function($locale, $interp
  * | `$even`   | {@type boolean} | true if the iterator position `$index` is even (otherwise false).           |
  * | `$odd`    | {@type boolean} | true if the iterator position `$index` is odd (otherwise false).            |
  *
+ * Creating aliases for these properties is possible with {@link api/ng.directive:ngInit `ngInit`}.
+ * This may be useful when, for instance, nesting ngRepeats.
  *
  * # Special repeat start and end points
  * To repeat a series of elements instead of just one parent element, ngRepeat (as well as other ng directives) supports extending
@@ -19809,11 +19773,9 @@ var ngSwitchWhenDirective = ngDirective({
   transclude: 'element',
   priority: 800,
   require: '^ngSwitch',
-  compile: function(element, attrs) {
-    return function(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $transclude) {
-      ctrl.cases['!' + attrs.ngSwitchWhen] = (ctrl.cases['!' + attrs.ngSwitchWhen] || []);
-      ctrl.cases['!' + attrs.ngSwitchWhen].push({ transclude: $transclude, element: element });
-    };
+  link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl, $transclude) {
+    ctrl.cases['!' + attrs.ngSwitchWhen] = (ctrl.cases['!' + attrs.ngSwitchWhen] || []);
+    ctrl.cases['!' + attrs.ngSwitchWhen].push({ transclude: $transclude, element: element });
   }
 });
 
@@ -19908,10 +19870,14 @@ var ngTranscludeDirective = ngDirective({
  * @restrict E
  *
  * @description
- * Load content of a script tag, with type `text/ng-template`, into `$templateCache`, so that the
- * template can be used by `ngInclude`, `ngView` or directive templates.
+ * Load the content of a `<script>` element into {@link api/ng.$templateCache `$templateCache`}, so that the
+ * template can be used by {@link api/ng.directive:ngInclude `ngInclude`},
+ * {@link api/ngRoute.directive:ngView `ngView`}, or {@link guide/directive directives}. The type of the
+ * `<script>` element must be specified as `text/ng-template`, and a cache name for the template must be
+ * assigned through the element's `id`, which can then be used as a directive's `templateUrl`.
  *
- * @param {'text/ng-template'} type must be set to `'text/ng-template'`
+ * @param {'text/ng-template'} type Must be set to `'text/ng-template'`.
+ * @param {string} id Cache name of the template.
  *
  * @example
   <doc:example>
@@ -20075,8 +20041,8 @@ var ngOptionsMinErr = minErr('ngOptions');
 var ngOptionsDirective = valueFn({ terminal: true });
 // jshint maxlen: false
 var selectDirective = ['$compile', '$parse', function($compile,   $parse) {
-                         //0000111110000000000022220000000000000000000000333300000000000000444444444444444000000000555555555555555000000066666666666666600000000000000007777000000000000000000088888
-  var NG_OPTIONS_REGEXP = /^\s*(.*?)(?:\s+as\s+(.*?))?(?:\s+group\s+by\s+(.*))?\s+for\s+(?:([\$\w][\$\w]*)|(?:\(\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*,\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*\)))\s+in\s+(.*?)(?:\s+track\s+by\s+(.*?))?$/,
+                         //000011111111110000000000022222222220000000000000000000003333333333000000000000004444444444444440000000005555555555555550000000666666666666666000000000000000777777777700000000000000000008888888888
+  var NG_OPTIONS_REGEXP = /^\s*([\s\S]+?)(?:\s+as\s+([\s\S]+?))?(?:\s+group\s+by\s+([\s\S]+?))?\s+for\s+(?:([\$\w][\$\w]*)|(?:\(\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*,\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*\)))\s+in\s+([\s\S]+?)(?:\s+track\s+by\s+([\s\S]+?))?$/,
       nullModelCtrl = {$setViewValue: noop};
 // jshint maxlen: 100