Optional segments with a root scope need to have the leading slash
outside of the parentheses, otherwise the generated url will be empty.
However if the route has non-optional elements then the leading slash
needs to remain inside the parentheses otherwise the generated url
will have two leading slashes, e.g:
Blog::Application.routes.draw do
get '/(:category)', :to => 'posts#index', :as => :root
get '/(:category)/author/:name', :to => 'posts#author', :as => :author
end
$ rake routes
root GET /(:category)(.:format) posts#index
author GET (/:category)/author/:name(.:format) posts#author
This change adds support for optional segments that contain a slash,
allowing support for urls like /page/2 for the root path, e.g:
Blog::Application.routes.draw do
get '/(page/:page)', :to => 'posts#index', :as => :root
end
$ rake routes
root GET /(page/:page)(.:format) posts#index
Fixes#7073
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