From 65ebf57c1e5d7fa96536b66d4fcacbafad8dc1e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Resig <jeresig@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:01:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure that dynamically-created elements don't have a
 parent. Fixes #5638.

---
 src/core.js       |    9 +++++++--
 test/unit/core.js |    5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 756117c..7be1512 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var jQuery = function( selector, context ) {
 
 jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 	init: function( selector, context ) {
-		var match, elem, ret, doc;
+		var match, elem, ret, doc, parent;
 
 		// Handle $(""), $(null), or $(undefined)
 		if ( !selector ) {
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 
 					} else {
 						ret = buildFragment( [ match[1] ], [ doc ] );
-						selector = (ret.cacheable ? ret.fragment.cloneNode(true) : ret.fragment).childNodes;
+						parent = ret.cacheable ? ret.fragment.cloneNode(true) : ret.fragment;
+						selector = [];
+
+						while ( parent.firstChild ) {
+							selector.push( parent.removeChild( parent.firstChild ) );
+						}
 					}
 
 				// HANDLE: $("#id")
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index ba7fd17..185f77a 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test("Basic requirements", function() {
 });
 
 test("jQuery()", function() {
-	expect(12);
+	expect(15);
 
 	// Basic constructor's behavior
 
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ test("jQuery()", function() {
 
 	var code = jQuery("<code/>");
 	equals( code.length, 1, "Correct number of elements generated for code" );
+	equals( code.parent().length, 0, "Make sure that the generated HTML has no parent." );
 	var img = jQuery("<img/>");
 	equals( img.length, 1, "Correct number of elements generated for img" );
+	equals( img.parent().length, 0, "Make sure that the generated HTML has no parent." );
 	var div = jQuery("<div/><hr/><code/><b/>");
 	equals( div.length, 4, "Correct number of elements generated for div hr code b" );
+	equals( div.parent().length, 0, "Make sure that the generated HTML has no parent." );
 
 	equals( jQuery([1,2,3]).get(1), 2, "Test passing an array to the factory" );
 
-- 
1.7.10.4