in bower_modules/backbone/backbone.js [1469:1506]
navigate: function(fragment, options) {
if (!History.started) return false;
if (!options || options === true) options = {trigger: !!options};
var url = this.root + (fragment = this.getFragment(fragment || ''));
// Strip the fragment of the query and hash for matching.
fragment = fragment.replace(pathStripper, '');
if (this.fragment === fragment) return;
this.fragment = fragment;
// Don't include a trailing slash on the root.
if (fragment === '' && url !== '/') url = url.slice(0, -1);
// If pushState is available, we use it to set the fragment as a real URL.
if (this._hasPushState) {
this.history[options.replace ? 'replaceState' : 'pushState']({}, document.title, url);
// If hash changes haven't been explicitly disabled, update the hash
// fragment to store history.
} else if (this._wantsHashChange) {
this._updateHash(this.location, fragment, options.replace);
if (this.iframe && (fragment !== this.getFragment(this.getHash(this.iframe)))) {
// Opening and closing the iframe tricks IE7 and earlier to push a
// history entry on hash-tag change. When replace is true, we don't
// want this.
if(!options.replace) this.iframe.document.open().close();
this._updateHash(this.iframe.location, fragment, options.replace);
}
// If you've told us that you explicitly don't want fallback hashchange-
// based history, then `navigate` becomes a page refresh.
} else {
return this.location.assign(url);
}
if (options.trigger) return this.loadUrl(fragment);
},