Hack to backbone.js to get buddycloud webclient + http api server + tigase (+ buddycloud java server) talking.

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@@ -1418,9 +1419,18 @@
     // Make the request, allowing the user to override any Ajax options.
     return Backbone.ajax(_.extend(params, options));
   };
-
+var credentials;
   // Set the default implementation of `Backbone.ajax` to proxy through to `$`.
   Backbone.ajax = function() {
+    if (arguments[0].credentials) {
+        console.log("Storing credentials", arguments[0].credentials);
+        credentials = arguments[0].credentials;
+    } else if (credentials) {
+        arguments[0].credentials = credentials;
+        arguments[0].xhrFields   = {withCredentials: true}
+        console.log("Setting credentials", arguments);
+    }
     return Backbone.$.ajax.apply(Backbone.$, arguments);
   };

I never seem to get the X-Session-Id set by the webclient, i.e. loads-and-loads-and-loads of new sessions!

^^^^^ this may be a consequence of hack

sessionID stuff is a bit broken right now. There's an issue open for addressing that.