added Redirect::away method to skip URL validation.

src/Illuminate/Foundation/changes.json

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 		{"message": "Foreign characters now supported in validation 'alpha' rules.", "backport": null},
 		{"message": "Added 'prepend' method to Filesystem.", "backport": null},
 		{"message": "Added 'reduce' collection to Collection, and 'min' and 'max' to Eloquent Collection.", "backport": null},
-		{"message": "Added 'firstOrCreate' and 'firstOrNew' methods to Eloquent model.", "backport": null}
+		{"message": "Added 'firstOrCreate' and 'firstOrNew' methods to Eloquent model.", "backport": null},
+		{"message": "Added Redirect::away method to always redirect to external URL with no validation.", "backport": null}
 	]
 }

src/Illuminate/Routing/Redirector.php

@@ -117,6 +117,19 @@ public function to($path, $status = 302, $headers = array(), $secure = null)
 		return $this->createRedirect($path, $status, $headers);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new redirect response to an external URL (no validation).
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $path
+	 * @param  int     $status
+	 * @param  array   $headers
+	 * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
+	 */
+	public function away($path, $status = 302, $headers = array())
+	{
+		return $this->createRedirect($path, $status, $headers);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new redirect response to the given HTTPS path.
 	 *