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-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb5
-rw-r--r--actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb9
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
index 80fcdab643..cd215034dc 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
@@ -254,10 +254,15 @@ module ActionDispatch
#
# For options, see +match+, as +root+ uses it internally.
#
+ # You can also pass a string which will expand
+ #
+ # root 'pages#main'
+ #
# You should put the root route at the top of <tt>config/routes.rb</tt>,
# because this means it will be matched first. As this is the most popular route
# of most Rails applications, this is beneficial.
def root(options = {})
+ options = { :to => options } if options.is_a?(String)
match '/', { :as => :root }.merge(options)
end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
index 2a7c1f86c6..272a7da8c5 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
@@ -437,6 +437,15 @@ class LegacyRouteSetTests < ActiveSupport::TestCase
assert_equal("/", routes.send(:root_path))
end
+ def test_named_route_root_without_hash
+ rs.draw do
+ root "hello#index"
+ end
+ routes = setup_for_named_route
+ assert_equal("http://test.host/", routes.send(:root_url))
+ assert_equal("/", routes.send(:root_path))
+ end
+
def test_named_route_with_regexps
rs.draw do
match 'page/:year/:month/:day/:title' => 'page#show', :as => 'article',