From b86a44cca52f14b3c565f09b2d5184e68f8a5605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gias Kay Lee <balancetraveller+github@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:25:51 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add transitionToParent() method

---
 src/state.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/state.js b/src/state.js
index 7a6821e82..f5d138caa 100644
--- a/src/state.js
+++ b/src/state.js
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
       return transition;
     };
 
+    $state.transitionToParent = function() {
+      return $state.transitionTo($state.$current.parent.self.name);
+    };
+
     $state.is = function (stateOrName) {
       return $state.$current === findState(stateOrName);
     };