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<p dir="auto"><strong>Current behavior</strong><br>
Currently there is no equivalent to history.replaceState in the router API. The only way to redirect seems to be the redirectTo option in RouterConfig.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Expected/desired behavior</strong><br>
I'd like to be able to redirect the user dynamically in my application.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Please tell us about your environment:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Angular version:</strong> 2.0.0-rc.3</li>
<li><strong>Browser:</strong> [all ]</li>
<li><strong>Language:</strong> [all ]</li>
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<p dir="auto">This issue is related to the new-new router:</p>
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<p dir="auto"><strong>Current behavior</strong><br>
There is not currently any way to navigate through an application while skipping the browser history.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Expected/desired behavior</strong><br>
In the router-deprecated there was a second parameter on the <code class="notranslate">navigateByUrl</code> method that allowed us to <code class="notranslate">skipLocationChange</code>. It would be nice if the <code class="notranslate">navigate</code> method allowed this too.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?</strong><br>
I have a specific use case where we have a 'loader' component that does a service call and essentially decides where to route you. I would like to be able to navigate to this loader component without including it in the back button history so that the browser doesn't get stuck in an infinite loop of going back to the loader only to get redirected.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Please tell us about your environment:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Angular version:</strong> 2.0.0-rc.3</li>
<li><strong>Router version:</strong> alpha.7</li>
<li><strong>Browser:</strong> [all]</li>
<li><strong>Language:</strong> [all]</li>
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