From 03ab9b9f9061df1cf38fd6466c2241dfb2ae9cdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Raddatz <mraddatz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 05:43:25 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #13401: replaceWith(""). Close gh-1163. (cherry picked
 from commit 6a0ee2d9ed34b81d4ad0662423bf815a3110990f)

---
 src/manipulation.js       | 20 +++++++++++---------
 test/unit/manipulation.js |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/manipulation.js b/src/manipulation.js
index 3e14c2b56..3a4f9a688 100644
--- a/src/manipulation.js
+++ b/src/manipulation.js
@@ -265,15 +265,17 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 			value = jQuery( value ).not( this ).detach();
 		}
 
-		return this.domManip( [ value ], true, function( elem ) {
-			var next = this.nextSibling,
-				parent = this.parentNode;
-
-			if ( parent ) {
-				jQuery( this ).remove();
-				parent.insertBefore( elem, next );
-			}
-		});
+		return value !== "" ?
+			this.domManip( [ value ], true, function( elem ) {
+				var next = this.nextSibling,
+					parent = this.parentNode;
+
+				if ( parent ) {
+					jQuery( this ).remove();
+					parent.insertBefore( elem, next );
+				}
+			}) :
+			this.remove();
 	},
 
 	detach: function( selector ) {
diff --git a/test/unit/manipulation.js b/test/unit/manipulation.js
index 73313ea97..b0736fbf6 100644
--- a/test/unit/manipulation.js
+++ b/test/unit/manipulation.js
@@ -1261,6 +1261,15 @@ test( "replaceWith(string) for more than one element", function() {
 	equal(jQuery("#foo p").length, 0, "verify that all the three original element have been replaced");
 });
 
+test( "replaceWith(\"\") (#13401)", 4, function() {
+	expect( 1 );
+
+	var div = jQuery("<div><p></p></div>");
+
+	div.children().replaceWith("");
+	equal( div.html().toLowerCase(), "", "Replacing with empty string removes element" );
+});
+
 test( "replaceAll(String|Element|Array<Element>|jQuery)", function() {
 
 	expect( 10 );
-- 
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