Wrapping root text elements of $compile in span causes issues

[mhevery]

$compile wraps root text elements in span's so that it can attach data elements. This cause issues with transclusion since it can add int

[cristatus]

At least empty nodes should be ignored.

if (node.nodeType == 3 /* text node */ && node.childNodes.length /* non-empty */) {
  $compileNode[index] = jqLite(node).wrap('<span>').parent()[0];
}

[boneskull]

I'm having this issue as well. This code fixes the problem. Thanks!

[woeye]

Yeah, transcluding a more complex body of an element (and not just some hello world stuff) results currently in a huge bloat of empty spans. If you care about your markup (and you should) this issue is really a no go.