From 62598b903a80ac9ece39171d0fb26a488a27e130 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo San Martin Morote <posva13@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:27:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(matcher): navigate to same as current location

Closes #3216
---
 src/history/base.js         |  5 ++++-
 test/unit/specs/api.spec.js | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/history/base.js b/src/history/base.js
index c31d4d496..4bfa0722b 100644
--- a/src/history/base.js
+++ b/src/history/base.js
@@ -137,10 +137,13 @@ export class History {
       }
       onAbort && onAbort(err)
     }
+    const lastRouteIndex = route.matched.length - 1
+    const lastCurrentIndex = current.matched.length - 1
     if (
       isSameRoute(route, current) &&
       // in the case the route map has been dynamically appended to
-      route.matched.length === current.matched.length
+      lastRouteIndex === lastCurrentIndex &&
+      route.matched[lastRouteIndex] === current.matched[lastCurrentIndex]
     ) {
       this.ensureURL()
       return abort(createNavigationDuplicatedError(current, route))
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/api.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/api.spec.js
index 8611b1987..2a31b2501 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/api.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/api.spec.js
@@ -116,6 +116,23 @@ describe('router.addRoutes', () => {
     expect(components.length).toBe(1)
     expect(components[0].name).toBe('A')
   })
+
+  it('allows navigating to the same as current location', () => {
+    const router = new Router({
+      routes: [
+        { path: '/', component: {}},
+        { path: '*', component: {}}
+      ]
+    })
+
+    router.push('/not-found')
+
+    expect(router.currentRoute.params).toEqual({ pathMatch: '/not-found' })
+    router.addRoutes([{ path: '/not-found', component: {}}])
+
+    // the navigation should have changed locations
+    expect(router.currentRoute.params).toEqual({})
+  })
 })
 
 describe('router.push/replace', () => {