Move URL fixup to a preliminary phase that doesn't affect virtual URLs.

content/browser/frame_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc

Index: content/browser/frame_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc
diff --git a/content/browser/frame_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc b/content/browser/frame_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc
index 979b26c1dc5603b12adb1edc1907ea5a08cc41aa..41f299463a7d693bcbeb391e7936688204e46fe2 100644
--- a/content/browser/frame_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc
+++ b/content/browser/frame_host/navigation_controller_impl.cc
@@ -165,11 +165,15 @@ NavigationEntry* NavigationController::CreateNavigationEntry(
       bool is_renderer_initiated,
       const std::string& extra_headers,
       BrowserContext* browser_context) {
+  // Fix up the given URL before letting it be rewritten, so that any minor
+  // cleanup (e.g., removing leading dots) will not lead to a virtual URL.
+  GURL dest_url = GetContentClient()->browser()->FixupURL(url);

[msw, 2015/02/17 22:51:38]

Why can't this just call url_fixer::FixupURL directly?

[Charlie Reis, 2015/02/17 22:57:27]

content/ can't depend on components/.

[msw, 2015/02/17 23:06:41]

Acknowledged.

+
   // Allow the browser URL handler to rewrite the URL. This will, for example,
   // remove "view-source:" from the beginning of the URL to get the URL that
   // will actually be loaded. This real URL won't be shown to the user, just
   // used internally.
-  GURL loaded_url(url);
+  GURL loaded_url(dest_url);
   bool reverse_on_redirect = false;
   BrowserURLHandlerImpl::GetInstance()->RewriteURLIfNecessary(
       &loaded_url, browser_context, &reverse_on_redirect);
@@ -183,8 +187,8 @@ NavigationEntry* NavigationController::CreateNavigationEntry(
       base::string16(),
       transition,
       is_renderer_initiated);
-  entry->SetVirtualURL(url);
-  entry->set_user_typed_url(url);
+  entry->SetVirtualURL(dest_url);
+  entry->set_user_typed_url(dest_url);
   entry->set_update_virtual_url_with_url(reverse_on_redirect);
   entry->set_extra_headers(extra_headers);
   return entry;