Enable the angular directive to work when debugInfo is off

ng-sortable.js

@@ -35,42 +35,45 @@
 		.constant('ngSortableConfig', {})
 		.directive('ngSortable', ['$parse', 'ngSortableConfig', function ($parse, ngSortableConfig) {
 			var removed,
-				nextSibling,
+				nextSibling;
-				getSourceFactory = function getSourceFactory(el, scope) {
+
-					var ngRepeat = [].filter.call(el.childNodes, function (node) {
+			// Export
+			return {
+				restrict: 'AC',
+				scope: { ngSortable: "=?" },
+				priority: 1001,
+				compile: function ($element, $attr) {
+
+					var ngRepeat = [].filter.call($element[0].childNodes, function (node) {
 						return (
-								(node.nodeType === 8) &&
+								(node.nodeType === 1) &&
-								(node.nodeValue.indexOf('ngRepeat:') !== -1)
+								(node.attributes['ng-repeat'])
 							);
 					})[0];
 
 					if (!ngRepeat) {
-						// Without ng-repeat
+						return;
-						return function () {
-							return null;
-						};
 					}
 
-					// tests: http://jsbin.com/kosubutilo/1/edit?js,output
+					var expression = ngRepeat.attributes['ng-repeat'].nodeValue;
-					ngRepeat = ngRepeat.nodeValue.match(/ngRepeat:\s*(?:\(.*?,\s*)?([^\s)]+)[\s)]+in\s+([^\s|]+)/);
+					var match = expression.match(/^\s*([\s\S]+?)\s+in\s+([\s\S]+?)(?:\s+as\s+([\s\S]+?))?(?:\s+track\s+by\s+([\s\S]+?))?\s*$/);
 
-					var itemsExpr = $parse(ngRepeat[2]);
+					if (!match) {
+						return;
+					}
+
+					var rhs = match[2];
 
-					return function () {
+					return function postLink(scope, $el) {
+						var itemsExpr = $parse(rhs);
+						var getSource = function getSource() {
 							return itemsExpr(scope.$parent) || [];
 						};
-				};
 
 
-			// Export
-			return {
-				restrict: 'AC',
-				scope: { ngSortable: "=?" },
-				link: function (scope, $el) {
 						var el = $el[0],
 							options = angular.extend(scope.ngSortable || {}, ngSortableConfig),
 							watchers = [],
-						getSource = getSourceFactory(el, scope),
 							offDestroy,
 							sortable
 						;
@@ -198,6 +201,8 @@
 						});
 
 						offDestroy = scope.$on('$destroy', _destroy);
+
+					}
 				}
 			};
 		}]);