title: Why does second use of $state.transitionTo() cause "TypeError: Cannot read property '$$nextSibling' of null"?
body: <p>It's the strangest thing, I found the code that does exactly what I want: using ui-router to change the displayed URL without reloading the page. This is it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$state.transitionTo($state.current, args, { location: true, inherit: false, notify: false});
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is, it only works the first time. After that line is called a second time, angular enters the apply/digest loop &amp; my page breaks. The error shown in the console is: </p>
  
  <pre><code>TypeError: Cannot read property '$$nextSibling' of null
      at Scope.$digest (angular.js:12569)
      at Scope.$apply (angular.js:12805)
      at HTMLDivElement.&lt;anonymous&gt; (angular.js:19138)
      at HTMLDivElement.jQuery.event.dispatch (jquery.js:4641)
      at HTMLDivElement.elemData.handle (jquery.js:4309)
  </code></pre>