Initial Values for select2 from ng-model are not set properly

[SethBoyd]

When a select2 directive is bound to a model that contains data, i.e. $scope.countries = [{id: 'US', text: 'United States'}], the initial value of the select2 will be set to [Object object]

To work around this I am manually grabbing the model value in an initSelection function passed in with the other select2 options.

initSelection : function (element, callback) {
  callback($(element).data('$ngModelController').$modelValue);
},

Here is a demo displaying the issue:
http://plnkr.co/edit/DgpGyegQxVm7zH1dZIJZ?p=preview

And here is my original SO question.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14985346/setting-initial-values-of-angular-ui-select2-multiple-directive

[ProLoser]

AngularUI is currently undergoing a restructure. This project will no longer hold the codebase, can you please relocate this to https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select2 (after confirming it's still necessary with the latest code)?

[nateabele]

This repo is discontinued. The project has been relocated here: https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select2

Please reopen this issue there if it is still relevant.