Fix ReactEmptyComponent disappearing and throwing in IE8

src/browser/ui/ReactDefaultInjection.js

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function inject() {
   ReactInjection.DOMProperty.injectDOMPropertyConfig(HTMLDOMPropertyConfig);
   ReactInjection.DOMProperty.injectDOMPropertyConfig(SVGDOMPropertyConfig);
 
-  ReactInjection.EmptyComponent.injectEmptyComponent(ReactDOM.script);
+  ReactInjection.EmptyComponent.injectEmptyComponent(ReactDOM.noscript);
 
   ReactInjection.Updates.injectReconcileTransaction(
     ReactComponentBrowserEnvironment.ReactReconcileTransaction

src/browser/ui/dom/setInnerHTML.js

@@ -52,7 +52,17 @@ if (ExecutionEnvironment.canUseDOM) {
         node.parentNode.replaceChild(node, node);
       }
 
-      if (html.match(/^[ \r\n\t\f]/)) {
+      // We also implement a workaround for non-visible tags disappearing into
+      // thin air on IE8, this only happens if there is no visible text
+      // in-front of the non-visible tags. Piggyback on the whitespace fix
+      // and simply check if any non-visible tags appear in the source.
+      if (html.match(/^[ \r\n\t\f]/) ||
+          html[0] === '<' && (
+            html.indexOf('<noscript') !== -1 ||
+            html.indexOf('<script') !== -1 ||
+            html.indexOf('<style') !== -1 ||
+            html.indexOf('<meta') !== -1 ||
+            html.indexOf('<link') !== -1)) {
         // Recover leading whitespace by temporarily prepending any character.
         // \uFEFF has the potential advantage of being zero-width/invisible.
         node.innerHTML = '\uFEFF' + html;

src/core/__tests__/ReactCompositeComponent-test.js

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('ReactCompositeComponent', function() {
       .toBeDOMComponentWithTag('a');
   });
 
-  it('should render null and false as a script tag under the hood', () => {
+  it('should render null and false as a noscript tag under the hood', () => {
     var Component1 = React.createClass({
       render: function() {
         return null;
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ describe('ReactCompositeComponent', function() {
     var instance2 = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<Component2 />);
     reactComponentExpect(instance1)
       .expectRenderedChild()
-      .toBeDOMComponentWithTag('script');
+      .toBeDOMComponentWithTag('noscript');
     reactComponentExpect(instance2)
       .expectRenderedChild()
-      .toBeDOMComponentWithTag('script');
+      .toBeDOMComponentWithTag('noscript');
   });
 
   it('should still throw when rendering to undefined', () => {