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| author | Kasper Timm Hansen <kaspth@gmail.com> | 2015-12-18 07:47:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Kasper Timm Hansen <kaspth@gmail.com> | 2015-12-18 07:47:30 +0100 |
| commit | e5ea82b52d7df8053cb289b81d3081dfe602a3e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0753f408bd9887a0c49b1dd0ff8aeee7b99e063a | |
| parent | d00f15b8ae10a5e43e33509debf58811e7ac46e7 (diff) | |
| parent | 91e3aa194293e3211177922123e20d800e878d76 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #22649 from derekprior/dp-redirect-back-docs
Document when fallback_location is used [ci-skip]
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb index aeecb48f85..513f0bc7e1 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb @@ -68,8 +68,14 @@ module ActionController self.response_body = "<html><body>You are being <a href=\"#{ERB::Util.unwrapped_html_escape(location)}\">redirected</a>.</body></html>" end - # Redirects the browser to the page that issued the request if possible, - # otherwise redirects to provided default fallback location. + # Redirects the browser to the page that issued the request (the referrer) + # if possible, otherwise redirects to the provided default fallback + # location. + # + # The referrer information is pulled from the HTTP `Referer` (sic) header on + # the request. This is an optional header and its presence on the request is + # subject to browser security settings and user preferences. If the request + # is missing this header, the <tt>fallback_location</tt> will be used. # # redirect_back fallback_location: { action: "show", id: 5 } # redirect_back fallback_location: post |