How can I set a form contained inside a ng-include to be prestine?

Answer 1

Well, one way to do it is to broadcast an event, like so:

angular.module('myApp',[])
    .controller('AdminCtrl',function($scope){
        $scope.modalReset = function(){
            $scope.$broadcast('modal-reset');
        };
    })
    .controller('ModalCtrl', function($scope){
        $scope.$on('modal-reset', function(){
            $scope.itemForm.$setPristine();
        });
    });

This way you don't have to traverse the dom.