The fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/nCfBA/

To reproduce in short: 1) transcluded element needs to reference something in its parent scope, 2) directive's template needs to transclude inside of an ng-repeat. The transcluded element cannot read its original parent scope.

If included outside of the ng-repeat it can read the value in the parent scope (as one would expect).

I posted this to a google group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/angular/az8_uNV7KyE) but was directed to post it as a possible bug.

I don't mind trying to tackle and fix this, but I really have no idea where to start looking.