Correctly handle moving to absolute URI without trailing slash, closes #1055

lib/capybara/rack_test/browser.rb

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Capybara::RackTest::Browser
     method.downcase! unless method.is_a? Symbol
 
     new_uri.path = request_path if path.start_with?("?")
+    new_uri.path = "/" if new_uri.path.empty?
     new_uri.path = request_path.sub(%r(/[^/]*$), '/') + new_uri.path unless new_uri.path.start_with?('/')
     new_uri.scheme ||= @current_scheme
     new_uri.host ||= @current_host
@@ -93,11 +94,11 @@ class Capybara::RackTest::Browser
   rescue Rack::Test::Error
     ""
   end
-  
+
   def title
     dom.xpath("//title").text
   end
-  
+
 protected
 
   def build_rack_mock_session

lib/capybara/spec/session/visit_spec.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#visit' do
     @session.should have_content('Another World')
   end
 
+  it "should fetch a response when absolute URI doesn't have a trailing slash" do
+    # Preparation
+    @session.visit('/foo/bar')
+    root_uri = URI.parse(@session.current_url)
+
+    @session.visit("http://localhost:#{root_uri.port}")
+    @session.should have_content('Hello world!')
+  end
+
   context "when Capybara.always_include_port is true" do
 
     let(:root_uri) do
@@ -86,11 +95,11 @@ Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#visit' do
     @session.find('//input').click
     @session.should have_content %r{http://.*/referer_base}
   end
-  
+
   it "can set cookie if a blank path is specified" do
     @session.visit("")
     @session.visit('/get_cookie')
     @session.should have_content('root cookie')
   end
-  
+
 end