ok:

lib/src/route.dart

@@ -170,12 +170,16 @@ class Route {
       Iterable handlers: const [],
       method: "GET",
       String name: null}) {
+    Route result;
+
+    if (path is RegExp) {
+      result = new Route(path, debug: debug);
+    } else {
       final segments = path
           .toString()
           .split('/')
           .where((str) => str.isNotEmpty)
           .toList(growable: false);
-    Route result;
 
       if (segments.isEmpty) {
         return new Route('/',
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ class Route {
           }
         }
       }
+    }
 
     result._children.addAll(children);
     result._handlers.addAll(handlers);
@@ -354,6 +359,8 @@ class Route {
   ///
   /// Can be used to navigate a route hierarchy like a file system.
   Route resolve(String path, {bool filter(Route route), String fullPath}) {
+    _printDebug(
+        'Path to resolve: "/${path.replaceAll(_straySlashes, '')}", our matcher: ${matcher.pattern}');
     bool _filter(route) {
       if (filter == null) {
         _printDebug('No filter provided, returning true for $route');
@@ -484,15 +491,15 @@ class Route {
             'Trying to match full $_fullPath for ${route.path} on ${this.path}');
         if ((route.match(_fullPath) != null ||
                 route._resolver.firstMatch(_fullPath) != null) &&
-            _filter(route))
+            _filter(route)) {
+          _printDebug('Matched full path!');
           return route.resolve('');
-        else if ((route.match(_fullPath) != null ||
-                route._resolver.firstMatch(_fullPath) != null) &&
-            _filter(route))
-          return route.resolve('');
-        else if ((route.match('/$_fullPath') != null ||
+        } else if ((route.match('/$_fullPath') != null ||
                 route._resolver.firstMatch('/$_fullPath') != null) &&
-            _filter(route)) return route.resolve('');
+            _filter(route)) {
+          _printDebug('Matched full path (with a leading slash!)');
+          return route.resolve('');
+        }
       }
 
       // Lastly, check to see if we have an index route to resolve with

lib/src/router.dart

@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class Router extends Extensible {
         return new Route('/', debug: debug, handlers: handlers, method: method)
           ..debug = debug;
       } else {
-        result = resolve(segments[0], (route) => route.method == method || route.method == '*');
+        result = resolve(segments[0],
+            (route) => route.method == method || route.method == '*');
 
         if (result != null) {
           if (segments.length > 1) {
@@ -65,7 +66,9 @@ class Router extends Extensible {
             Route existing;
 
             do {
-              existing = result.resolve(segments[0], filter: (route) => route.method == method || route.method == '*');
+              existing = result.resolve(segments[0],
+                  filter: (route) =>
+                      route.method == method || route.method == '*');
 
               if (existing != null) {
                 result = existing;
@@ -106,12 +109,12 @@ class Router extends Extensible {
     var tabs = 0;
     final buf = new StringBuffer();
 
-    void dumpRoute(Route route, {String replace: null}) {
+    void dumpRoute(Route route, {Pattern replace: null}) {
       for (var i = 0; i < tabs; i++) buf.write(tab);
 
       if (route == root)
-        buf.write('(root) ${route.method} ');
-      else
+        buf.write('(root)');
+      else {
         buf.write('- ${route.method} ');
 
         final p =
@@ -126,9 +129,11 @@ class Router extends Extensible {
           buf.writeln(' => ${route.handlers.length} handler(s)');
         else
           buf.writeln();
+      }
 
       tabs++;
-      route.children.forEach((r) => dumpRoute(r, replace: route.path));
+      route.children
+          .forEach((r) => dumpRoute(r, replace: new RegExp("^${route.path}")));
       tabs--;
     }
 

test/server/packages

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../packages

web/hash/packages

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../packages

web/packages

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../packages

web/push_state/packages

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../packages

web/shared/packages

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../packages